st: RE: concatenating macros

[<dankwart.plattner@kfw.de>]

I encountered the same problem when programming -rfl-.
Here is how I have managed to solve it:

			if substr(`"`logstr`=`i'-1''"',-1,1) == "\" {
				local cmdlog `cmdlog'\`logstr`i''
			}
			else {
				local cmdlog `cmdlog'`logstr`i''
			}
This never failed to work properly.
Dankwart


Original message was:
Hi all:
I’m working within the Windows2000 OS and am having trouble getting paths
and filenames stored in local macros properly.
.local pathvar "F:\CELS\"
.local filename "35051403"
.local longname `pathvar'`filename'

.di “`longname’”
F:\CELS35051403    ←Stata output

The problem is that the final \ gets dropped from the path.

.di "`pathvar'"
F:\CELS\

Oddly, the initial macro seems to store this correctly

Changing the longname macro construction to...
.local longname `pathvar'`filename'
.di “`longname’”
F:\CELS35051403

...no effect

Any suggestions?

John Wallace | Research Associate | Test Method Development


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