Using postfile to store regression coefficients

[jsaldain]

Getting this error:

( invalid name
r(198);

When running this:

postfile `sim' beta sd using dem, replace
reg hpayday kids xtnw xtinc_pc
post `sim' (_b[kids]) (_se[kids])

Tried other possibilities, based on other posts, but same error:

postfile `sim' beta sd using dem, replace
reg hpayday kids xtnw xtinc_pc
post `sim' (`=_b[kids]') (`=_se[kids]')

[Joseph Coveney]

1. You're in the wrong forum for this question
2. You need to declare the temporary name `sim' before using it in -postfile-

tempname sim // <- this
postfile `sim' beta sd using dem, replace
. . .