st: Need help using global macros

[Michael Stewart <michaelstewartresearch@gmail.com>]

Hi ,

I am trying to use global macro, set up an output folder to save files
after data management .

However,after data management,  I am not able to store the files as
names similar to their original names.

My code is as follows.

************Code Start**********************
clear
macro drop _all
global output "Y\Data"
local x "Z\Data\file_summer_1"
local y "Z\Data2\file_winter_1"
local all  x y
foreach z in `all'{
use ``z'',clear
data management step
.
data management step

save "$output\``z''_new.dta",replace
}
************Code Ends*********************

Problem : I am not able to store the files after data management in
the output folder as "file_summer_1_new" and  "file_winter_1".The
files are being stored as "x_new" and "y_new".

Can you please help .  Thank you very much for your time and effort.


-- 
Thank you ,
Yours Sincerely,
Mike.
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