Dear Statalist,
my question concerns an option in the user-written program "mkdat.ado" to
draw samples from the GSOEP. I have to specify a path-name for the
"using"-command:
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mkdat
akzahl bkzahl ckzahl dkzahl
using PATHNAME , files(p) waves(a b c d) netto(10)
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Say my pathname includes a blank like in "C:\Dokumente und
Einstellungen\Eigene Dateien" then the program returns an error
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invalid 'und'
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This does not happen with other commands, like e.g. merge and also the
Stata help says that it is enough to enclose the expression in quotes.
Does anybody know why this does not work with mkdat or did I miss
something? My solution was to use "cd "PATHNAME"" and then enter the
folder directly but I would like to understand the error.
Thanks,
kind regards
Johannes
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Johannes Geyer
Deutsches Institut f�r Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin)
German Institute for Economic Research
Department of Public Economics
DIW Berlin
Mohrenstra�e 58
10117 Berlin
Tel: +49-30-89789-258
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