Re: [Gretl-users] bug in string substitution?

2013-06-14 Thread Summers , Peter
2013 12:14 PM To: Gretl list Subject: Re: [Gretl-users] bug in string substitution? On Fri, 14 Jun 2013, Summers, Peter wrote: > I spoke to soon in my earlier message -- the problem now seems even > stranger. [...] The numbers are all correct, you just have to take charge of the printing

Re: [Gretl-users] bug in string substitution?

2013-06-14 Thread Summers , Peter
1986.1 1986.1 1987.0 1987.0 1987.0 Very strange... PS -Original Message- From: gretl-users-bounces(a)lists.wfu.edu [mailto:gretl-users-bounces(a)lists.wfu.edu] On Behalf Of Allin Cottrell Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 9:39 AM To: Gretl list Subject: Re: [Gretl-use

Re: [Gretl-users] bug in string substitution?

2013-06-14 Thread Summers , Peter
in Cottrell Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 9:39 AM To: Gretl list Subject: Re: [Gretl-users] bug in string substitution? On Thu, 13 Jun 2013, Summers, Peter wrote: > I'm trying to generate a matrix of "dates" that I can use on the > x-axis of graphs of forecasts. I want the

Re: [Gretl-users] bug in string substitution?

2013-06-14 Thread Allin Cottrell
On Fri, 14 Jun 2013, Summers, Peter wrote: > I spoke to soon in my earlier message -- the problem now > seems even stranger. [...] The numbers are all correct, you just have to take charge of the printing format. By default gretl prints scalar values with printf format "%g" (to six signficant

Re: [Gretl-users] bug in string substitution?

2013-06-14 Thread Allin Cottrell
On Thu, 13 Jun 2013, Summers, Peter wrote: > I'm trying to generate a matrix of "dates" that I can use on > the x-axis of graphs of forecasts. I want the format to be > ".q" or ".mm" for quarterly or monthly data, > respectively. Things work fine for quarterly data, but > something wei

Re: [Gretl-users] bug in string substitution?

2013-06-14 Thread Jack
On Thu, 13 Jun 2013, Summers, Peter wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm trying to generate a matrix of "dates" that I can use on the x-axis > of graphs of forecasts. I want the format to be ".q" or ".mm" > for quarterly or monthly data, respectively. Things work fine for > quarterly data, but so

[Gretl-users] bug in string substitution?

2013-06-13 Thread Summers , Peter
Hi folks, I'm trying to generate a matrix of "dates" that I can use on the x-axis of graphs of forecasts. I want the format to be ".q" or ".mm" for quarterly or monthly data, respectively. Things work fine for quarterly data, but something weird happens with monthly data. I create a st