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Re: st: syntax, programming


From   Maarten buis <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: syntax, programming
Date   Mon, 4 Feb 2008 15:06:26 +0000 (GMT)

--- Jochen Sp�th <[email protected]> wrote:
> Using STATA's syntax command variables entered by the user of the 
> program are stored as a local macro `varlist'. So, how can I access
> the contents of `varlist' "one by one", i.e. how can I adrress each
> element of  `varlist' separately? - What I do not want is to make use
> of a loop such as foreach... Any ideas?

-tokenize `varlist'- will put the first variable in local `1', the
second in local `2', etc.

Hope this helps,
Maarten


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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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+31 20 5986715

http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/
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