st: saving a matrix with rownames

["Data Analytics Corp." <dataanalytics@earthlink.net>]

Good morning,

I created a matrix, M, with row names such as Frag300, Frag400, etc.  I 
want to save the matrix as a set of variables so I used svmat, which 
worked perfectly.  But I also want to save the row names as a variable, 
say rown.  I used the following:

local names : rownames M
gen str rown = "`names'"

and got the variable rown, but it's blank.  I also used

gen str rown = `names'

but got an error message saying Frag300 not found.  How do I save the 
row names as a variable?

I'm using Stata 10 on a Vista machine.

Thanks,

Walt

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