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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I'm looking for a convenient way to bypass a type mismatch in data objects. I know go-arounds for this but they require lots of typing, I'm hoping for a simple translation syntax solution, or maybe a format definition I haven't come across.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Example</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Define a matrix in the DATA_SECTION</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> matrix now_values(1,n_values,1,2)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Define another matrix in the PARAMETER_SECTION (so type dvar)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> matrix par_values(1,n_values,1,2)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Capture or create values of par_values in PRELIMINARY_CALCS_SECTION. Something like</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">now_values=justgimmethecurrentnumbers(par_values);</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Or</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">par_values=dvarwannabe(now_values);</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Seeking a simple way to keep track of associated initial and fitted values in outputs, or alternatively pass computed initial values from a suite of choices to a parameter object. Inspired by hordes of ogives.</FONT></P>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Mark Fowler</FONT></SPAN>
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