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Re: st: use of brace inside of macro - still a question


From   "Dr. Bill Westman" <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: use of brace inside of macro - still a question
Date   Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:51:11 -0700 (PDT)

Austin your solution is a good work around. thanks.  

Bill
--- On Wed, 6/16/10, Austin Nichols <[email protected]> wrote:

> From: Austin Nichols <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: st: use of brace inside of macro - still a question
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Wednesday, June 16, 2010, 12:46 PM
> B Web <[email protected]>
> :
> You can't do that.  Why do you want to?  Maybe
> try...
> 
> macro drop _all
> global test "continue, break"
> forv i=1/2{
>  di in r "${test}"
>  ${test}
> }
> 
> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 1:31 PM, B Web <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > not exactly what I was looking for and I apologize for not being specific.
> >
> > I want to end a loop defined by a "brace" stored in a
> global macro.
> >
> > macro drop _all
> > global test  }
> >
> > forv i=1/2{
> >  di in r "${test}"
> >  $[test}
> > * --- error ---
> > What I am trying to do is "end" the loop using the
> global macro of a
> > brace.   Can you get that working?  If so, please
> explain.  If not -
> > can someone else please elaborate.
> >
> > Bill
> 
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