[Gretl-users] loop command

[Allin Cottrell]

On Wed, 9 May 2007, a b wrote:

>   Execute the following : same number of observations, same type 
> of data. and compare the 2 time series plot for x.

>  ------------------------
>  nulldata 5000
>  setobs 1 1000 --time-series
>  genr x = normal()
>  ------------------------
>  and
>  ------------------------
>  nulldata 5000
>  setobs 1 1 --time-series
>  genr x = normal()
>  -----------------------
>  Do they look the same ?  :-\ 

OK, no, they don't look the same.  That's because gretl reckons 
that if the x-axis "naturally" starts at zero, in most cases it's 
probably wrong/weird to show a left-hand "margin" that goes into 
the negative region, x < 0.

Allin.