How to code?
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This document provides tips for coding projects. It recommends staying organized by structuring projects into folders for data, code, and output. It also suggests being clear by using comments to explain code and create sections. Additionally, it advises not repeating code and instead using loops or conditionals to run code on different subsets of data. The final tip is to search for help when needed.
How to code?
- 1. How To Code? CEU - 2015 Winter János Divényi Jenö Pál
- 2. 1 - Stay organized
- 8. 2 - Be clear
- 9. * use comments to explain # use comments to create sections
- 10. egen x2 = count(x) egen number_obs_x = count(x)
- 11. egen x2 = count(x) egen number_obs_x = count(x)
- 12. 3 - Don’t repeat
- 13. scatter export import if continent = 1 scatter export import if continent = 2 scatter export import if continent = 3 scatter export import if continent = 4 scatter export import if continent = 5
- 14. scatter export import if continent = 1, /// xlabel("Export in USD") mlabel(country) … scatter export import if continent = 2 scatter export import if continent = 3 scatter export import if continent = 4 scatter export import if continent = 5
- 15. foreach c of numlist 1/5 { scatter export import if continent = `c’, /// xlabel("Export in USD") mlabel(country) … }
- 16. +1 – Search for help