Abdelrahmen:
It works if you change -global D wordcount($demographe)- into - global D wordcount("$demographe") -
HTH,
Maarten
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Maarten L. Buis
Department of Social Research Methodology
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of U.A.QU.AP
Sent: dinsdag 20 december 2005 15:11
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: problem with a macro
When I type
global demographe "one NE SOUTH MIDWEST sex_c age_c kids05
kids610 kids1115 voiture maison" ;
then
global D wordcount($demographe) ;
I expect that stata returns the number 11
but I get the folowing message when I type
dis $D
oneNESOUTHMIDWESTsex_cage_ckids05kids610kids1115voituremaison
invalid name
any help
many thanks
Abdelrahmen
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