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RE: st: use tempfile


From   "Lythgoe, Dan" <[email protected]>
To   "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>
Subject   RE: st: use tempfile
Date   Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:07:48 +0000

Maarten, Phil thanks for the input so far. Phil your suggested code makes perfect sense to me but still doesn't seem to quite do the job; I want it to clear the current data set and use the `tempresults' data set instead.

Dan


-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Phil Clayton
Sent: 19 June 2012 14:41
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: st: use tempfile

If you -preserve- within a do-file (or program), Stata will automatically -restore- at the end of the do-file unless you specifically tell it not to.

Try something like this:

/*===begin===*/
local arg "yes"

preserve
tempfile tempresults
	gen X = 1
save "`tempresults'"

if "`arg'" == "no" {
	restore, preserve
}
else {
	restore, not
	use `tempresults', clear
}
/*===end===*/

Phil

On 19/06/2012, at 10:54 PM, Lythgoe, Dan wrote:

> Dear Statalist,
> 
> Apologies in advance for such a simple question but I am struggling with this one. I want to -use- a temporary file stored using -tempfile- if an argument is true(/false), but am clearly missing something as I can't seem to get STATA to -use- the temporary file:
> 
> 
> /*===begin===*/
> local arg "yes"
> 
> preserve
> tempfile tempresults
> 	gen X = 1
> save "`tempresults'"
> 
> if "`arg'" == "no" {
> 	restore, preserve
> }
> else {
> 	use `tempresults', clear
> }
> /*===end===*/
> 
> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Many thanks
> Dan Lythgoe
> 
> 
> 
> 
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