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st: forward vs backward slash in path names


From   "Sascha O. Becker" <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   st: forward vs backward slash in path names
Date   Mon, 06 Feb 2006 06:19:52 -0800

Dear statalisters,

I always thought that the "/" (slashes) can be either forward or backward - Stata doesn't distinguish between them.

However, in the following case, they produce very different results:

foreach file in comp cons fami {;
capture use "$root/orig/`file'1976";
foreach num of numlist 1978(2)2004 {;
capture append using "$root/orig/`file'`num'";
};
};

works fine.

However, the backslash version "$root\orig\`file'`num'"
reads orig\`file'`num' as "orig`file'`num'" (a file which does not exist), i.e. seems to ignore the backslash altogether.

Why is that?

Best, Sascha

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Dr. Sascha O. Becker
Department of Economics
Main Office, Economics Building
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Dr. Dept. 0508
La Jolla, CA 92093-0508, USA
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