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We are running a model where the model stops running spitting a error message saying that " log of non-positive number". After tracing the variables, we found that one of the variables becoming negative for which the log can not be created. As a result, the model stopped running at this point. I was wondering is there any way to incorporate in the model an if else statement so that whenever any variable encounters a negative number it is forced to a positive no. Like the following statement:

if x<0 then
x=.005
else
x=x
endif

I tried to put this in the model text but it generated error.

Any help on this would be highly appreciated.

Use the @recode function

Thanks a lot for your response. I am still finding it difficult to implement the code.

Let me elaborate a bit. One of the variables, say, ygdp has become negative. So, I would put the code in the model text

@recode((ygdp<0),(ygdp=.005),(ygdp=ygdp))

Basically, I am trying to tell the model that if ygdp<0, then put ygdp=.005 else ygdp stays as ygdp.

But it is generating syntax error. Any idea, what went wrong?

Let expand on my problem a bit more.
What you see above is the text view from a model object. I can not write ygdp=@recode(ygdp<0 , .005 , ygdp) because we can not have the same
endogenous variable defined twice in the same model. But the above formulation is generating syntax error. Actually this is one I first tried and then resort to the second one which I mentioned in my earlier post. Any ideas?