Stata example

Assumptions

We will assume that your code and data are organized as follows:

/home/netid/project/
            ├── main.do
            ├── data.csv
            ├── etc.

Quick run

To run some simple, quick programs, you could run

srun /usr/local/stata16/stata-mp -b test.do

where

// test.do:
creturn list
exit, clear

yields

...
. do test.do 

. creturn list

System values
-------------

    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
        c(current_date) = " 3 Feb 2023"
        c(current_time) = "16:59:50"
           c(rmsg_time) = 0                          (seconds, from set rmsg)
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
       c(stata_version) = 16.1
             c(version) = 16.1                       (version)
         c(userversion) = 16.1                       (version)
      c(dyndoc_version) = 2                          (dyndoc)
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
           c(born_date) = "20 May 2020"
              c(flavor) = "IC"
....

SBATCH script

Create a new file, called main.sbatch, with the following content:

Top

Use the default options from the SBATCH example, and paste them into main.sbatch.

Bottom

Now for the functional part, which is more or less the same as the srun command above, but with some additional options:

• choosing additional Stata versions

• assuming you have done the custom module setup

#!/bin/bash
#

### Use the module command to load the relevant matlab module
### Use "module avail" to see all available versions
module load stata/18

## Will create a `main.log` file with the output

stata-mp -b main.do

### Without the use of modules
# STATAVERSION=18
# /usr/local/stata${STATAVERSION}/stata-mp -b main.do