Write Command - Using Wildcards to Dump Specific Series

[MT_MANC]

Is there a specific wildcard syntax for the "Write" command when specying particular Series to be dumped to a Lotus .wk1 file ?
I'm trying to avoid having to type out lines 2 & 3 in entirety in PRG code snippet below; the obvious use of " *_sa" or "CBI*_sa" both get an error message !

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WRITE(B2,t=WK1,na="",dates) c:\data\WS3\COI_CBIrts_index_SA.wk1  _
CBIconfi_nw_sa CBIoutpi_nw_sa CBIoutfi_nw_sa CBInopi_nw_sa CBInofi_nw_sa CBInxopi_nw_sa CBInxofi_nw_sa CBIbcapi_nw_sa _
CBIconfi_ne_sa CBIoutpi_ne_sa CBIoutfi_ne_sa CBInopi_ne_sa CBInofi_ne_sa CBInxopi_ne_sa CBInxofi_ne_sa CBIbcapi_ne_sa

[EViews Gareth]

Try using wfsave rather than write.

[MT_MANC]

Gareth
Most Kind

I tried various syntaxes of wfsave (no examples in eVIEWS Command Reference)

I want to dump all varialbles ending in "_sa" over the entire sample period to an external worksheet (ideally to .wk1 but no such format seems permissable ?, so Excel used instead)

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wfsave (type=excel) "C:\data\WS_COI\CBIrts_index_SA.xls" @keep *_sa @smpl all

..causes Eviews 6 to crash, as does:

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wfsave (type=excel) "C:\data\WS_COI\CBIrts_index_SA.xls" @keep *_sa @smpl 1970:1 2020:4

Q. Are there any more examples anywhere to edit as required (couldnt see any in Forum OR search of Google) ?
Q. I presume dumping large workfile to multi-sheet workbook is not (yet) possible ?

Thanks again

[EViews Gareth]

Something simple like

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wfsave "C:\data\WS_COI\CBIrts_index_SA.wk1" @keep *_sa


is all you should need.

The examples under WFOPEN are generally applicable to WFSAVE.

I don't understand what you mean by your large workfiles question.

[MT_MANC]

Thanks- this almost works but how can I get the .wk1 dump to display (quarterly) dates down the leftmost column
as happens with WRITE command (which CANNOT use wildcards) ?

I'm presuming that the above Wildcards CANNOT be used in "For:Next" loop with String Variables ?
eg following will fail....

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for %x4 CNO*_nw
{%x4}.x12(mode=a,save="d10 d11 d12")
next

...but this will work:

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for %x4 CNOoutp_nw CNOordp_nw CNOinp_nw CNOinp_nw
{%x4}.x12(mode=a,save="d10 d11 d12")
next

"Large wf" - where no of series selected for dumping (via wildcards) exceeds 256 (= max no. of columns of single Lotus/Excel worksheet)

[EViews Gareth]

No, a wildcard cannot be used in loops. However you can make a group using the wildcard, then loop through the members of the group.


There is no way to get EViews to write into different sheets for large files.

[MT_MANC]

Most Kind

wfsave - how can I get the .wk1 dump to display (quarterly) dates down the leftmost column
(as happens with WRITE command )

[EViews Gareth]

Sorry, missed that question first time.

That's actually a bit more complicated (only slightly though). Use the following:

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alpha dates = @datestr(@date)
wfsave "C:\data\WS_COI\CBIrts_index_SA.wk1" @keep dates *_sa


[MT_MANC]

Gareth
I've adapted this slightly:

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alpha dates = @datestr(@date,"YYYY[Q]Q")
wfsave "C:\data\WS_COI\CNO_raw_SA.wk1" @keep dates CNO*_sa

to give me dates in "1970Q1" format - thanks again

...but any hints to prevent "NA" being dumped in .wk1 where data/forecast value missing
ie replacing "NA" with "" ie empty cell in wk1 dump ("Write" function seems to have this as an option but not wfsave ? )

[MT_MANC]

Gareth

Not sure if your saw my final question on wfsave function:

..any hints to prevent "NA" being dumped in .wk1 where data/forecast value missing
ie replacing "NA" with "" ie empty cell in wk1 dump ("Write" function seems to have this as an option but not wfsave ? )

Thanks again

[EViews Gareth]

I don't think there is a way to do that with WFSAVE.