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Re: st: are Macro variable always possible ?
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daniel klein <[email protected]>
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Re: st: are Macro variable always possible ?
Date
Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:59:18 +0200
John,
think about creating an indicator variable instead of defining a macro.
For example you could code
. g byte filter = (var1=="hello") & (var2==1) & (var3==43) &
(var6=="hello again") & !missing(var34)
. reg Y X if filter
Best
Daniel
---
John wrote :
I would like to define a macro variable which stores a long sequence
of data restrictions that I use after any IF qualifier when a function
allows it ..
For example instead of writing
regress Y X if var1=="hello"&var2==1&var3==43&var6=="hello
again"&!missing(var34) ,
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