st: macro expansion

[Sean Shu <sshu@hkpr.on.ca>]

Hi there,

I have following code which let two local macros expand in a file path. 
But after running the looping, the files are saved under C: directly, 
instead of the directory suggested by the code.

local path = "C:/EPI Projects/RRFSS Trends/"
local fname = "Smoking Vehicle\vehicle0"
cd "C:\EPI Projects\RRFSS Trends\data"
forval i = 1/4 {
	insheet cat prop ucl lcl popsize using raw0`i'.txt, clear
	generate year = 200`i'
	save "`path'/`fname'`i'", replace
}

Messages from STATA after running the above code
forval	i	= 1/4 {
2.		insheet cat prop ucl lcl popsize using raw0`i'.txt, clear
3.		generate year = 200`i'
4.		*save "C:\EPI Projects/RRFSS,	replace
.		save "`path'/`fname'`i'", replace
5. }

(5 vars, 2 obs)
file /1.dta saved
(5 vars, 2 obs)
file /2.dta saved
(5 vars, 2 obs)
file /3.dta saved
(5 vars, 2 obs)
file /4.dta saved

Any one knows what has gone wrong?  Thanks so much!

sean
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