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@now function?
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 5:06 pm
by Silvana
Eviews 6 user
I want to limit my sample to m 1994 2013 by using the @now function (or some other) so I can say smpl current year minus 20 years to current year
Re: @now function?
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 7:43 pm
by EViews Gareth
I don't have EViews 6 on me, but in EViews 7, you can simply do:
I think it will work in EViews 6 too.
Re: @now function?
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 7:49 am
by Silvana
Thanks Gareth for the speedy response
Here's a snippet of my code
wfcreate(page=input) m 1992 2020
smpl @now-20 @now
(or maybe smpl @now-240 @now because it's monthly)
read(f128,s=upload core) etc.
Kicks off this Error Message--
Error in Sample: Illegal date @NOW in "SMPL @NOW-20 @NOW"
Re: @now function?
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 8:52 am
by EViews Gareth
Seems that functionality wasn't in EViews 6. Have to do it the long way:
Code: Select all
wfcreate(page=input) m 1992 2020
%date1 = @datestr(@dateadd(@now,-20,"YY"),"YYYY-MM-DD")
%date2 = @datestr(@now, "YYYY-MM-DD")
smpl {%date1} {%date2}