smpl

[tvonbrasch]

I (mistakenly) thought that

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smpl yyyy yyyy+4

would be equivalent to:

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smpl yyyy yyyy:1+5

but, it is not, see pictures below. what is it that the command

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smpl yyyy yyyy+5

actually does?
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[EViews Matt]

Hello,

In a smpl statement, e.g. "smpl <start> <end>", the <start> specification uses the first observation within that specification while the <end> specification uses the last observation within that specification (this is only an issue when the specification as at a lower frequency than the workfile). Consequently, in a quarterly workfile the statement

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smpl yyyy yyyy+5

is interpreted as

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smpl yyyy:1 yyyy:4+5 ' not yyyy:1+5

[tvonbrasch]

great, thanks!