Re: st: adding a variable to a macro

[Richard Williams <Richard.A.Williams.5@ND.edu>]

At 08:19 PM 7/18/2008, B. Timothy Walsh wrote:
> I am very new to Stata, but, having searched FAQ and Statalist, have 
> not been able to find a solution...
>
> I would like to add another variable to a local macro containing 
> variables. So, if myvars contains varone vartwo varthree:
> local myvars varone vartwo varthree
>
> How do I add newvar?
> I would have thought something like the following would work:
> local myvars `myvars' newwar
>
> But, it does not.
> I'd appreciate any suggestions or guidance.
> Thanks!
> Tim Walsh
Yes it does. Try this:

local myvars var1 var2
local myvars `myvars' var3
display "`myvars'"

The result of the last command is

. display "`myvars'"
var1 var2 var3

You probably have a typo somewhere or there is something you are not 
telling us.


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