Fred Wolfe
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> Oops the invalid syntax is point to the wrong line
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> forvalues k = 1 / `catvar`j'_totline' {
> * forvalues k = 1 / $catvar`j'_totline { <-- invalid syntax
> error here
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> This is correct:
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> forvalues k = 1 / `catvar`j'_totline' { <-- invalid syntax
> error here
> * forvalues k = 1 / $catvar`j'_totline {
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This email, and that just before it, passed
my reply to Fred's earlier email somewhere mid-Atlantic.
But I think the analysis remains the same.
Given a left quote ` Stata is going to hold its breath until
it sees a matching right quote ', so long as the length
of the local macro name is legal. There is no exact equivalent
for $ insofar it needs no closing symbol, merely something implying
that the end of the name is reached.
Nick
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