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st: Can a global macroname act as a prefix?


From   Steven Samuels <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   st: Can a global macroname act as a prefix?
Date   Tue, 8 May 2007 08:07:06 -0400

Local variables can act as prefixes and suffixes in variable names:

local a = "local"
gen `a'_x = 1 // create local_x
gen x_`a'= 1 // creates x_local

global b= "global"
gen x_$b= 1 // creates x_global

gen $b`a'= 1 // creates globallocal

My question: Can I create something a variable named "global_x" using the global variable $b ?

Thanks

Steve




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