# Help. What does those output on transition function mean

**URL:** <https://forum.dynare.org/t/help-what-does-those-output-on-transition-function-mean/1433>\
**Category:** Dynare help (legacy posts)\
**Created:** [23 April 2010 01:08 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/help-what-does-those-output-on-transition-function-mean/1433 "2010-04-23T01:08:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![jdyhuang](https://forum.dynare.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/4491bb/32.png) [@jdyhuang](https://forum.dynare.org/u/jdyhuang)\
**Post date:** [23 April 2010 01:08 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/help-what-does-those-output-on-transition-function-mean/1433/1 "2010-04-23T01:08:04Z")

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I am lost. I see how to interpret the policy functions. But what does numbers for transition function mean? Thanks for help. DYH

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**Author:** ![jdyhuang](https://forum.dynare.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/4491bb/32.png) [@jdyhuang](https://forum.dynare.org/u/jdyhuang)\
**Post date:** [23 April 2010 18:17 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/help-what-does-those-output-on-transition-function-mean/1433/2 "2010-04-23T18:17:29Z")

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POLICY AND TRANSITION FUNCTIONS  
c k lab u z  
Constant 0.248035 2.687409 0.322600 0.116032 0  
(correction) -0.000051 0.000123 0.000108 0.000022 0  
k(-1) 0.025624 0.970291 -0.026165 -0.030054 0  
z(-1) 0.208666 0.247720 0.218169 0.142278 0.980000  
e 0.212924 0.252776 0.222621 0.145182 1.000000  
k(-1),k(-1) -0.002612 0.001456 0.002975 0.008877 0  
z(-1),k(-1) 0.010588 0.010349 0.025439 -0.027989 0  
z(-1),z(-1) 0.106261 0.232614 -0.048892 0.062021 0  
e,e 0.110642 0.242205 -0.050908 0.064578 0  
k(-1),e 0.010804 0.010560 0.025958 -0.028560 0  
z(-1),e 0.216859 0.474722 -0.099780 0.126574 0

What does the number mean starting from row 6? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![bakul](https://forum.dynare.org/user_avatar/forum.dynare.org/bakul/32/16370_2.png) [@bakul](https://forum.dynare.org/u/bakul)\
**Post date:** [23 April 2010 22:36 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/help-what-does-those-output-on-transition-function-mean/1433/3 "2010-04-23T22:36:57Z")

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Hello jdyhuang

I don’t know about the solution, but my reply is about the way you have posted. I think you might get quicker reply to your problem if you post the code in it’s entirety and properly - for e.g. `Here is my code.`

Alternatively, you can post your code (and any related dataset as attachments.

Regards,

Ash

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**Author:** ![sebastien](https://forum.dynare.org/user_avatar/forum.dynare.org/sebastien/32/19973_2.png) [@sebastien](https://forum.dynare.org/u/sebastien)\
**Post date:** [26 April 2010 11:46 UTC](https://forum.dynare.org/t/help-what-does-those-output-on-transition-function-mean/1433/4 "2010-04-26T11:46:57Z")

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Numbers in row 6 and more are second order terms.

For example “k(-1),k(-1)” stands for the product k(-1)\*k(-1).

See the reference manual:  
[dynare.org/manual/re26.html](http://www.dynare.org/manual/re26.html)