skip one observation in a sample

[nesheus]

Hello,
I have a sample from 1990Q1 to 2010Q3. I want to exclude the value in one quarter: 2008Q4.

This is what I am doing but is there a more efficient way of doing it, the version of eviews I have is 6

smpl 2008Q4 2008Q4
series mse1_10=na

smpl @first @last
scalar rmse1c_10=@sqrt(@mean(mse1_10))

thanks a lot.

[EViews Gareth]

Smpl @first 2004q3 2005q1 @last

[nesheus]

I want to exclude only one observation in 2008Q4. In your answer there are 2 quarters, why?

[EViews Gareth]

Sorry, that's what I get for responding on my phone :D

smpl @first 2008q3 2009q1 @last