Dear Stata Users
I have the following question that I couldn't figure out. Hope that you
can help me. Thanks.
Due to the lengh width limit of the do file editor, i have to continued
the command in the next line by using mark /*. But it seems that when I used this
mark to define a local macro, it doesn't work. For example,
the command is as follows.
local i "prest_ p309_ p310_ p311_ p312_ p313_ p313c_ /*
*/ p314_ p3141_ p3142_ p315_ p316_ p317_ p318_ p3191_"
stata returns with an error message saying invalid syntax.
but if the command is as follows,
local i "prest_ p309_ p310_ p311_ p312_ p313_ p313c_"
it works.
So It seems that defining a local marco does not allow using /* to
continue the command in the next line. Is this right? If so, is there any way to
get around this?
Thanks.
Jian Zhang
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