function estimate(method, data, varargin)

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global M_

% Check first input.
if ~ischar(method) || isempty(regexp(method, 'method\(((?=[\w])[^_0-9][\w]*)\)', 'match'))
    error('estimate:: First argument must be an estimation method')
end

% Check second input argument.
if ~ischar(data) || isempty(regexp(data, 'data\(((?=[\w])[^_0-9][\w]*)\)', 'match'))
    error('estimate:: Second argument must be a data option.')
end

% Get the estimation method.
tmp = regexp(method, 'method\(((?=[\w])[^_0-9][\w]*)\)', 'tokens');
method = tmp{1}{1};

% Get the data.
tmp = regexp(data, 'data\(((?=[\w])[^_0-9][\w]*)\)', 'tokens');
ds = tmp{1}{1};
if ismember(ds, evalin('caller','who'))
    ts = evalin('caller', ds);
    if ~isdseries(ts)
        error('estimate:: %s has to be a dseries object!', ds)
    end
else
    error('estimate:: %s is unknown!', ds)
end

eqns = varargin(:);
nqns = length(varargin);

% Run estimations
for i=1:nqns
    if ~ismember(eqns{i}, M_.equations_tags(strmatch('name', M_.equations_tags(:,2)),3))
        error('estimate:: There is no equation named as %s!', eqns{i})
    end
    switch method
      case 'ols'
        olseqs(ts, eqns{i});
      otherwise
        error('estimate:: Unknown estimation method')
    end
end