Command Index

A B C D E F G H I L M P Q R S T W

A

ACCESS -- load data from a saveset when needed by SST
Required Subops
Optional Subops
Example

AGGREGATE -- aggregate data using summary measures
Required Subops
Optional Subops
Example

ARRAY -- create a shell variable
Internal Arrays
Internal Array Functions

AUTO -- compute autocorrelation function of a time series
Required Subops
Optional Subops
Example

B

BAR -- plot a bar chart for a set of variables
Required Subops
Optional Subops
Example

BOXPLOT -- plot boxplots for a set of variables
Required Subops
Optional Subops
Example

BREAK -- terminate a loop

Example

BREAKDOWN - Means and Standard Deviations by Category
Required Subops
Optional Subops

C

CALC -- evaluate a scalar expression
Example

CD -- change working directory
Example

CLEAR -- restart an SST session
Optional Subops
Example

CLS -- clear screen
Example
COMPRESS -- remove missing observations from variables
Required Subops
Optional Subops
CONFIG -- change default operating parameters
Optional Subops
SST Echoing Parameters
Setting the Prompt
Changing SST's Metacharacters
CONTINUE -- jump to next iteration in a loop
Example
COVA -- compute descriptive statistics
Required Subops
Optional Subops
Example
CVTSAV - convert savesets to new format
Options

D

DATA -- input formatted data
Required Subops
Optional Subops
Example
DATE -- assign dates to a time series
Required Subops
Optional Subops
Example
DEFINE -- define a user function
Example
DEL - delete a variable or other data element
Optional Subops
Example
DIR -- list files in a directory
Example
DURAT -- estimate discrete hazard models
Required Subops
Optional Subops
Example

E

ECHO -- print strings to the output device
Example
EDIT -- command line editor
Changing Key Bindings
Editor Functions
ENTER -- enter or change data from the keyboard
Required Subops
Optional Subops
Example
EXIT -- exit a batch file
Example
Expand -- move observations to active locations
Required Subops
Optional Subops
Example

F

FIGURE -- combine multiple SST plots
Example
FOR -- execute commands in a loop
Example
FOREACH -- execute commands in a loop
Example
FREQ -- display one way frequency distribution
Required Subops
Optional Subops

G

GOTO -- jump to a label in a batch file
Example

H

HELP -- access the online reference manual
Commands
SST Help File
HIST -- plot a histogram for a set of variables
Required Subops
Optional Subops
Example
HISTORY mechanism -- re-execute a command

I

IF -- conditionally execute commands
IMPORT -- execute user compiled commands
Required Subops
Error Messages
L
LABEL -- label variables in memory
Required Subops
Optional Subops
LIST -- list information about variables
Optional Subops
Example
LOAD -- read data from a saveset
Required Subops
Optional Subops
Checksums in savesets
Example
LOGIT -- estimation of binary and unordered logit models
Required Subops
Optional Subops

M

MATCH -- match data in a file and memory
Required Subops
Optional Subops
Using Memory Matching
MATRIX -- evaluate matrix expressions
Example
MLE -- maximum likelihood estimation
Required Subops
Optional Subops
Example
Reference
MNL -- estimate random utility models
Required Subops
Optional Subops
Example
Reference
MORE filter -- cause output to appear one screen at a time

P

PAUSE -- temporarily stop execution
Example
PLOT -- plot variables or an expression
Required Subops
Optional Subops
Example
POISSON -- estimate Poisson regression models
Reference
Required Subops
Optional Subops
PRINT -- print data currently in memory
Required Subops
Optional Subops
Example
PROBIT -- estimate binary or ordered probit models
Required Subops
Optional Subops
Reference

Q

QUIT -- exit SST
Optional Subops
Example

R

RANGE -- set the active observation range
Optional subops
Example
READ - input data from a file
Required Subops
Optional Subops
Example
RECODE -- recode data values
Required Subops
Optional Subops
Example
REG - ordinary least squares regression
Required Subops
Optional Subops
REM -- insert remarks in SST batch files
Example
RENAME -- rename variables
Required Subops
Optional Subops
Example
REPLAY -- view stored output from previous commands
RUN -- run a batch file
Optional Subops
Example

S

SAVE -- write data to a saveset
Required Subops
Optional Subops
Example
SCAT -- generate a two-way scatter plot
Required Subops
Optional Subops
Example
SELECT -- estimate models with correction for selection bias
Required Subops
Optional Subops
SET -- perform arithmetic transformations of data
Optional Subops
SOLV -- solve for zeros of a function
Required Subops
Optional Subops
Example
SORT -- sort the data in a variable
Required Subops
Optional Subops
Example
SPOOL -- save commands and/or output for later display
Required Subops
Optional Subops
Example
SYS -- invoke other programs without leaving SST
Example
SYSREG -- estimate systems of regression equations
Required Subops
Optional Subops

T

TABLE -- n-way contingency table
Required Subops
Optional Subops
Example
TOBIT -- estimate Tobit models
Required Subops
Optional Subops
Example

W

WHILE -- execute commands in a loop
WRITE -- write variables to a file
Required Subops
Optional Subops
Example

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