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ProgramminginEViews

NikolausHautschOctober16,2003

1Generalinstructions

selectfromthemenubar:file→new→program savingtheprogram(.prg)→program le executingtheprogramwithrun EViewsreferences(underhelp):

–generalprogrammingreferences:

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→→→→EViewsEViewsEViewsEViews

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topicstopicstopicstopics

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programbasicsprogramvariables

controllingaprogramsubroutines

–thecommandreferenceprovidesacompletealphabeticallistingofthecommands,views,andproceduresinEViews–thefunctionreferencecontainsacompletelistingofthefunctionsandmathematicaloperatorsusedinformingseriesexpressions,andinperformingmatrixelementoperations–thematrixandstringreferencelistsallofthematrix,vector,andscalarfunctionsandcommands–thestringreferencecontainsalistofstringfunctions

2Loadingdataandconstructingwork les

loadyourdataintoExcelsheets

createanewwork leinEViews:file→new→workfile

choosethework lefrequencyandwork lerange(accordingtothenumberofobservationsinyourExcelsheet)

UsetheExcelimportfunctionofEViews:file→import→ReadText-Lotus-Excel

Chooseyourspeci cExcel le

SpecifytheimportedrangeontheExcelsheetandthenamesoftheseries.ClickonOK. Saveyourwork le.

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