Re: st: macro & file name

[Jeph Herrin <junk@spandrel.net>]

try

   use "c:\union_pop\orig\`file'", clear



Caleb Southworth wrote:
> I misunderstand something about the way locals are identified. The below 
> program crashes when I try to -use- the filename in `r(files)'. If I 
> take out the path name and change into that directory, then the program 
> runs. How can I make this work with the path name? What is the proper 
> way to use a local that is appended to another string, such as the path? 
> Thanks!
>
> . fs c:\union_pop\orig\gifford*.dta
> gifford_2000.dta
>
> . foreach file in `r(files)'{
>   2.         use "c:\union_pop\orig\""`file'", clear
>   3.                 ds _*
>   4.                 foreach var of varlist `r(varlist)'{
>   5.                         bysort id: assert `var'==. if `var'[_n+1]!=.
>   6.                 }
>   7. }
> invalid '"gifford_2000.dta'
> r(198);
>
> end of do-file
>
> r(198);
>
>
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