Pointers to built-in functions

[barthr]

Dear Statalist

I have written a Mata function that accepts a pointer to a function. The code works fine with user-written functions, but i receive an error when referring to built-in functions, e.g.:

dofunc(x,&sum())

since "&sum()" returns a null pointer. I have also tried using findexternal, e.g.,

findexternal("sum()")

but this also returns a null pointer. Is there any way to pass a built-in function to a mata function?

Thanks in advance,

Barth

[Joseph Coveney]

No. At Stata's command prompt, type

help m2_ftof

and then click on the hyperlink Passing built-in functions

[barthr]

Got it, thanks!