Basic Expressions (Expressions and Variables)

Display the following calculations in the text editor.

2 - 10
3 * 5
9 / 2
5 - 3 * 2
(5 - 3) * 2
4 ^ 2
8 / 2 ^ 2

Run them by either clicking the Execute arrow button of the editor or press Ctrl+D (for do) (Windows) or Cmd+D (Mac) to run code and print the results in the console.

If no code is highlighted/selected this will run the entire file. If you highlighted/selected a block of code it will run that entire group of lines.

To tell someone reading the code what this section of the code is about, add a comment line that says ‘Exercise 1’ before the code that answers the exercise.

Comments in Stata are added by adding the *#* sign. Anything after a * sign on the same line is ignored when the program is run.
You can also create multiple lines of comments by starting the comment with /* and closing the comment with */.
You can also create bookmarks using **# for the first level and **## for the second level.

So, the start of your program should look something like:

**# exercise 1

**## 1.1
display 2 - 10

**## 1.2
display 3 * 5