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Re: st: r(varlist)
From
Steve Nakoneshny <[email protected]>
To
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject
Re: st: r(varlist)
Date
Thu, 8 Nov 2012 14:12:37 -0700
Keystroke error?
You defined your local as x, not a.
Steve
On 2012-11-08, at 2:07 PM, tashi lama wrote:
> Ok.That explains we need to wrap `r(varlist)' with " " to display the strings. However,
> sysuse auto
> ds
> di r(varlist) shouldn't have given make price mpg rep78 headroom trunk weight length turn displacement gear_ratio foreign
> for eg.
> local x "Make" // x is a macro
> di a
> a not found
>
> di a doesn't work but di r(varlist) works although both a and r(varlist) are macros. Please explain.
>
> Thanks,
> Tashi
>
>
>>>
> ----------------------------------------
>> Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 17:33:17 +0100
>> Subject: Re: st: r(varlist)
>> From: [email protected]
>> To: [email protected]
>>
>> You'll get the same again if you type: di "`r(varlist)'".
>>
>> The logic behind what you saw is that
>>
>> di `r(varlist)'
>>
>> is like typing
>>
>> di make price mpg rep78 headroom trunk weight length turn displacement
>> gear_ratio foreign
>>
>> Which means "display the content of the first observation of each of
>> these variables".
>>
>> Hope this helps,
>> Maarten
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 5:26 PM, tashi lama <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Hello all,
>>> sysuse auto, clear
>>> ds
>>> return list
>>>
>>> macros:
>>> r(varlist) : "make price mpg rep78 headroom trunk weight length turn displacement gear_ratio foreign"
>>>
>>> di r(varlist)
>>> make price mpg rep78 headroom trunk weight length turn displacement gear_ratio foreign
>>>
>>> Since r(varlist) is a macro, do I not say
>>> di `r(varlist)'
>>> Surprisingly, when I say di `r(varlisr)' gives me AMC Concord40992232.5112930186401213.57999990
>>>
>>>
>>> Am I missing something here??
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Tashi
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>>
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