Re: st: macro concat

["Michael Blasnik" <michael.blasnik@verizon.net>]

...

You need to use the macval function: Following the example below:

local c "`macval(a)' `macval(b)'"

macro list
<snip>
_c:             `M1' `M2'
<snip>

Michael Blasnik


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith Dear" <keith.dear@anu.edu.au>
To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 6:20 AM
Subject: Re: st: macro concat



> No, that doesn't work:
> . loc M1 hello
> . loc M2 goodbye
> . loc a \`M1'
> . loc b \`M2'
> . loc c `a' `b'
> . mac list
> _c:             hello goodbye
> _b:             `M2'
> _a:             `M1'
> _M2:            goodbye
> _M1:            hello
>
> But I want:
> _c:             `M1' `M2'
>
> Keith
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