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Syntax Error in seemingly identical code?
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 6:01 pm
by dravenous
I am writing some code and it keeps giving me a syntax error when I don't believe that I should be getting one. I took a small portion of the first program that I wrote below. This code works fine, but for some reason the second iteration fails.
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series histwa{%st} = ((wa{%st}/wa{%st}(-!h1))^(4/!h1)-1)*100 - ((gwa{%st}/gwa{%st}(-!h1))^(4/!h1)-1)*100
series forewa{%st} = ((wa{%st}/wa{%st}(-!f1))^(4/!f1)-1)*100 - ((gwa{%st}/gwa{%st}(-!f1))^(4/!f1)-1)*100
series carn{%st} = ((wa{%st}/wa{%st}(-!f1))^(4/!f1)-1)*100
However the code that follows here is a no go.
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!h1=@dtoo(%a)-@dtoo(%sd)
for %z {%metro}
series CAR{%0}{%z}_{%sim} = (({%0}{%z}_1/({%0}{%z}_1)(-!h1))^(4/!h1)-1)*100)
series CAR{%0}{%z}_{%old1} = (({%0}{%z}_{%old1}/({%0}{%z}_{%old1})(-!h1))^(4/!h1)-1)*100)
series CAR{%0}{%z}_{%old2} = (({%0}{%z}_{%old2}/({%0}{%z}_{%old2})(-!h1))^(4/!h1)-1)*100)
next
Specific error shown below. eeboro_1 is a series located within my workfile, so there is no issue there. I assume the error lies with the lag, but the first set of code used a similar technique so I am unsure where the mistake follows.
Re: Syntax Error in seemingly identical code?
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 4:06 am
by EViews Gareth
has extra parenthesis
You probably want
Re: Syntax Error in seemingly identical code?
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 6:08 am
by dravenous
Wow, thanks Gareth. What a sensitive thing. I didn't think they would make a difference. Doesn't this mess up the order of operations? I need to raise the (A/B)^(-!h1)
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for %z {%met}
series PCD{%0}{%z}_{%old1}= (({%0}{%z}_1-{%0}{%z}_{%old1})/({%0}{%z}_{%old1}))*100
series PCD{%0}{%z}_{%old2} = (({%0}{%z}_1-{%0}{%z}_{%old2})/({%0}{%z}_{%old2}))*100
series CAR{%0}{%z}_{%sim} = (({%0}{%z}_1/{%0}{%z}_1(-!h1)^(4/!h1)-1)*100)
series CAR{%0}{%z}_{%old1} = (({%0}{%z}_{%old1}/{%0}{%z}_{%old1}(-!h1)^(4/!h1)-1)*100)
series CAR{%0}{%z}_{%old2} = (({%0}{%z}_{%old2}/{%0}{%z}_{%old2}(-!h1)^(4/!h1)-1)*100)
next
Re: Syntax Error in seemingly identical code?
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 6:35 am
by dravenous
It seems that the only way to get the correct growth rate, is to use the code below as opposed to what I mentioned earlier. Rather clunky work around, unfortunately.
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for %z {%met}
series cheat1 = {%0}{%z}_1/{%0}{%z}_1(-!h1)
series cheat2 = {%0}{%z}_{%old1}/{%0}{%z}_{%old1}(-!h1)
series cheat3 = {%0}{%z}_{%old2}/{%0}{%z}_{%old2}(-!h1)
series PCD{%0}{%z}_{%old1}= (({%0}{%z}_1-{%0}{%z}_{%old1})/({%0}{%z}_{%old1}))*100
series PCD{%0}{%z}_{%old2} = (({%0}{%z}_1-{%0}{%z}_{%old2})/({%0}{%z}_{%old2}))*100
series CAR{%0}{%z}_{%sim} = ((@elem(cheat1, %a)^(4/!h1)-1)*100)
series CAR{%0}{%z}_{%old1} = ((@elem(cheat2, %a) ^(4/!h1)-1)*100)
series CAR{%0}{%z}_{%old2} = ((@elem(cheat3, %a)^(4/!h1)-1)*100)
next
Re: Syntax Error in seemingly identical code?
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 12:55 pm
by EViews Gareth
I don't understand your point. You can do the calculations in exactly the same way you did them before. In the faulty code, you had added parenthesis over the first original code. Those parenthesis are what caused the problem.
Re: Syntax Error in seemingly identical code?
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 12:58 pm
by EViews Gareth
To make it more clear:
series histwa{%st} = ((wa{%st}/wa{%st}(-!h1))^(4/!h1)-1)*100
series stuffssssssss = (({%0}{%z}_1/({%0}{%z}_1)(-!h1))^(4/!h1)-1)*100)