Allin thanks for the lead .. Here's what resulted.....
gretl console: type 'help' for a list of commands ? include StrucBreak.gfn C:\Users\Brian\AppData\Roaming\gretl\functions\StrucBreak\StrucBreak.gfn ? pkg query StrucBreak File: C:\Users\Brian\AppData\Roaming\gretl\functions\StrucBreak\StrucBreak.gfn Package: StrucBreak 0.91 (2021-07-20) Author: Riccardo "Jack" Lucchetti and Sven Schreiber Email: sveto...@gmx.net Required gretl version: 2018b (20181) Data requirement: Time-series data Description: Autodetection of structural breaks in linear models, Bai-Perron style Clearly I'm on the latest Gretl version, not 2018b((20181). But appear to be on the latest StrucBreak Package. Brian On Tue, 2 Apr 2024 at 00:17, Cottrell, Allin <cottr...@wfu.edu> wrote: > * Brian wrote: > > I am attempting a simple task of identifying structural breaks in a > single time series trend. There is a single dep var t=1994-2021, two > variables in X viz. constant and time. The following error message > comes up: > > The variable X is read-only > *** error in function SB_GUI, line 7 > list X = !nelem(X) ? null : X > > * Sven responded: > > Brian, it looks like you're talking about or contributed package > StrucBreak, and furthermore it seems to me you might be using an > outdated version of it. Indeed, our changelog for the current version > 0.91 contains the entry: "fix show-stopping problem in the GUI with > the X list". > > What's your installed version of the package? > > * And Brian replied: > > Hi Sven, Version 2023c of Gretl. and StrucBreak 09.1 > > * Allin now says: > > I just download the current StrucBreak 0.91 (dated 2021-07-20) and its > code contains no occurrence of the statement shown in the error Brian > reported, namely > > list X = !nelem(X) ? null : X > > Brian, are you sure that's the version you're using? To verify, open > the gretl console and type > > include StrucBreak.gfn > > You should see > > StrucBreak 0.91, 2021-07-20 (Riccardo "Jack" Lucchetti and Sven > Schreiber) > > Or alternatively, type > > pkg query StrucBreak > > in which case you should see several lines of output, among which > > Package: StrucBreak 0.91 (2021-07-20) > > Allin Cottrell > _______________________________________________ > Gretl-users mailing list -- gretl-users@gretlml.univpm.it > To unsubscribe send an email to gretl-users-le...@gretlml.univpm.it > Website: > https://gretlml.univpm.it/postorius/lists/gretl-users.gretlml.univpm.it/ >
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