Making "dataex" command work to export lines of code to statalist

[Rosa Blau]

Hello,

I can get dataex to work when all I need to do is get state to make a list of values, but I can't make dataex work when I'm trying to export lines of code.

If I put dataex in the same line as my code, I'm told 'variable not found'.
If I put dataex in a line above my code, I'm told 'input statement exceeds linesize limit. Try specifying fewer variables'. See screenshot below:

This is the code I would like to export using dataex:

gen occsoc_noX = subinstr(occsoc, "X", "0", .)
destring occsoc_noX, gen (occsoc_num)

drop occsoc_noX
gen occsoc_noblanks = occsoc
replace occsoc_noblanks = strtrim(occsoc_noblanks)
gen occsoc_noX = subinstr(occsoc_noblanks, "X", "0", .)
destring occsoc_noX, gen (occsoc_num)

What should I do? Have I perhaps misunderstood the function of the command 'dataex'?

Thanks for your time and consideration.

Rosa

[Nick Cox]

Yes, this is a misunderstanding of dataex. dataex makes it easier to give data examples that people can use by showing code within CODE delimiters that produces that data as a dataset.

To show code within CODE delimiters, just use the editing keys directly as explained at 12.3 in
https://www.statalist.org/forums/help#stata

gen occsoc_noX = subinstr(occsoc, "X", "0", .)
destring occsoc_noX, gen (occsoc_num)

drop occsoc_noX
gen occsoc_noblanks = occsoc
replace occsoc_noblanks = strtrim(occsoc_noblanks)
gen occsoc_noX = subinstr(occsoc_noblanks, "X", "0", .)
destring occsoc_noX, gen (occsoc_num)

[Rosa Blau]

This explains it, thanks a lot Nick.