help spmat use
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Title

    spmat use -- Load an spmat object into memory


Syntax

        spmat use objname using filename [, replace]


Description

    spmat use creates the spmat object objname from the file filename
    previously saved with spmat save.  replace permits spmat use to overwrite
    objname if it already exists.


Example

    Setup
        . clear all
        . set memory 50m
        . use pollute
        . spmat contiguity cobj using pollutexy, id(id) normalize(minmax)
        . spmat save cobj using cobj.spmat
        . spmat drop cobj

    Create the spmat object cobj from the file cobj.spmat
        . spmat use cobj using cobj.spmat


Also see

    Online:  spmat, spreg, spivreg, spmap, shp2dta, mif2dta (if installed)