-local- means that. Your do file can't see the locals
in the main interactive session.
locals are local to a "program", here interpreted
broadly to mean
0 the main session
1 anything defined by a -program- command
2 anything in a file run by -do- or -run-
3 code in the do file editor
At least that's my attempt to summarize, itself
subject to correction.
This is usually a feature: it means your do files
can have their own macros and that you can -do-
or -run- them regardless of what locals you have
in the main session.
So, you can define your macro within the do
file; or pass it as an argument; or put in
a global.
Nick
[email protected]
Andrea Molinari
> I'm (also!) trying to run a very very simple macro to save me
> writing lots
> of regressors every time I change the specification, but it
> does not seem to
> be working when I run it on my do-file. Ideally, I'd want to
> define a local
> for each specification, but for now I need to have a core
> model and then add
> more variables.
>
> I'm writing:
> local grav lrgdp95m lrgdp95x lrgdp95pcm lrgdp95pcx adj
> lingtie ldist eumxc
>
> regress lrebilm `grav'
>
> (and also tried local grav "lrgdp95m lrgdp95x lrgdp95pcm
> lrgdp95pcx adj
> lingtie ldist eumxc")
>
> But the macro is not interpreted when I'm running it from the
> do file (it
> does work either way when I type it on the Stata Command window).
>
> I guess I should be missing something in my do file, but
> can't figure out
> what it may be. Any suggestions are more than welcomed!
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