Error 133 unknown function ustrlower()

[glennsandstrom]

github command is throwing and error all the time when I try to install something and I cant figure out why.

. github install haghish/markdoc, version(3.9.6) replace 
unknown function ustrlower()
r(133);

Stata version 13.1 Windows 10 professional.

[aalexandersson]

What did you type in Stata, and what is Stata's error message?

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github command is trhrowing and error all the time when I try to install something and I cant figure out why.

Stata version 13.1 Windows 10 professional.

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[glennsandstrom]

The code and errormessage in my post above. Any call to github install results in r133) "unkown function ustrlower()"

[aalexandersson]

Glenn,

Sorry about that. Your post did not appear in full in my email; I can see your post in full at https://github.com/haghish/github/issues/3. Anyway, it looks like a temporary bug in github. Temporary because I cannot reproduce the error message. The software installs fine, according to the output. I am using Stata 14.2 on Windows 7.

Anders

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The code and errormessage in my post above. Any call to github install results in r133) "unkown function ustrlower()"

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[glennsandstrom]

OK, thanks for you input. I have not tried it on my home computer and will do that tonight. However, I have the same setup at home so I anticipate that it will be the same issue there. However, I have a Macbook for my mobile needs and I can try an see if the error goes away if I use that platform.

[glennsandstrom]

So I found the cause of the error. On line 317 in github.ado there is a function-call to:

local anything : display ustrlower("anything'"')

This function is a unicode aware function that is not availiable in Stata 13. That is why I am getting the error and you are not. This is proabably why I am having so much trouble getting both github and markdoc to work properly. I guess I will have to wait until I update Stata. I was planning on wating until Stata 15 is released as it is quite a big cost upgrading.

[haghish]

yes, the function is only available in Stata 14, unfortunately. I am aware of this limit, but the workaround for avoiding this function was problematic...

[glennsandstrom]

OK, so system requirements are and will be Stata 14 (or later) for markdoc and/or github?

[haghish]

right, but I don't think that's the case for github.