syntax error

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coelhoindy
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syntax error

Postby coelhoindy » Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:06 am

hi

I am running a regression, but i get the error message: syntax error

what does it mean?

indy

startz
Non-normality and collinearity are NOT problems!
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Re: syntax error

Postby startz » Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:14 am

It means EViews thinks you typed the command incorrectly.

coelhoindy
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Re: syntax error

Postby coelhoindy » Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:15 am

but I have typed many different times, and it does not look like iam typing wrongly.

startz
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Re: syntax error

Postby startz » Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:56 am

Apparently it looks wrong to EViews...

You might copy and paste the line you are typing here, and perhaps even post your workfile. No one can guess what you've typed.

coelhoindy
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Re: syntax error

Postby coelhoindy » Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:02 am

I want to transform my AD series into Log AD and thats whta I have typed into generete series:
lad=log(ad)-log(ad(-1))

I get this message: String argument passed to numeric log function.

I have attached my excel file.

Thanks, indira
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coelhoindy
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Re: syntax error

Postby coelhoindy » Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:03 am

I want to transform my AD series into Log AD and thats whta I have typed into generete series:
lad=log(ad)-log(ad(-1))

I get this message: String argument passed to numeric log function.

I have attached my excel file.

Thanks, indira
Attachments
2006.xls
(27 KiB) Downloaded 320 times

startz
Non-normality and collinearity are NOT problems!
Posts: 3797
Joined: Wed Sep 17, 2008 2:25 pm

Re: syntax error

Postby startz » Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:09 am

Is AD a numeric series or an alpha series?
(By the way, it's better to post your EViews file for people to look at.)


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