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{* 19Nov2008}{...}
{cmd:help wfdo_debug}: Steps for debugging a do-file
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{title:When all else fails...}
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{p2col:{bf:Step 1:}}Update Stata and user written programs (see {helpb update}
and {helpb adoupdate}).{p_end}

{p2col:{bf:Step 2:}}Start with a clean slate: run {cmd:clear all} and
{cmd:macro drop _all}; restart Stata; reboot your computer; and even
try using another computer.{p_end}

{p2col:{bf:Step 3:}}Try your program with a different dataset and with different variables. If the problem 
disappears, it is probably caused by the specific variables or dataset you are using.{p_end}

{p2col:{bf:Step 4:}}Assume everything could be wrong. Double check parts of the do-file that you 
are {it:sure} are right.{p_end}

{p2col:{bf:Step 5:}}Run the program in steps by using {cmd:/* */} to exclude parts of the do-file.{p_end}

{p2col:{bf:Step 6:}}Start over: throw out all of the original code; create a new do-file with a different name;
try alternative approaches to obtain the same analyses.{p_end}

{p2col:{bf:Step 7:}}Ask for help (see {helpb wfdo_help}).{p_end}

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{title:Also see}

    {helpb wfdo:WF-do-files}; {helpb wf:Workflow}
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