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Something changed, recently I think, in Eviews 12.
equationname.@method used to report "command line form of estimation method "
Now it reports VARSEL
Similarly, @command has VARSEL as the first six characters.
Eviews 11 does the correct report.

You can use the summary table version of the add-in EQSUMTAB to view the VARSEL as the method in Eviews 12.

Supportinfo for my Eviews 12
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PRODUCT
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Version: EViews 12 64-bit
Build date: Mar 3 2021
Serial Number: 12S00216

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LICENSING
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Standalone xxxxxx: C:\ProgramData\IHS EViews\EViews\12.00.000\license.txt

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Installation path: C:\Program Files\EViews 12
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INI path: C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Roaming\IHS EViews\EViews
DB INI path: C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Roaming\IHS EViews\EViews
Help path: C:\Program Files\EViews 12\Help Files

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OS: Windows 10 x64
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Hello.

Could you provide an example?

This seems to report the correct "LS":

wfcreate m 1990 2020
series y=nrnd
for !i=1 to 5
series x!i=nrnd
next !i
equation eq1.stepls y c x1 x2 x3 x4 x5
string a = eq1.@method
show a

The stepls method was changed in EViews 12 to be varsel

THANKS. Seems like maybe a politically correct renaming? Wasted my time and I guess a few seconds of yours.

Bob

No, we expanded variable selection in EViews 12 with two new methods - LASSO and GETS. It didn't seem right to have the command to run LASSO or GETS be "StepLS", since neither are stepwise methods. (Well, in my opinion GETS is, but that's a different story).

STEPLS still works, it is just aliased by the more generic varsel to avoid confusion.

Ah, well now to rewrite that lecture. THANKS for the enhancement!!!
Bob