Low-level parsing
- syntax replaces parse for high-level parsing
- tokenize replaces parse, parse() for low-level parsing
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Program starts
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program define mycmd6
version 6.0
syntax [varlist] [if]
tokenize "`varlist'"
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User types
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mycmd6 mpg wei length
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syntax fills in `varlist' with
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mpg weight length
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tokenize fills in positional macros
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| `1' |
`2' |
`3' |
| mpg |
weight |
length |
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Meetings
Stata Conference
User Group meetings
Proceedings
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