Double quotes always mark off a token, as far as I know. Example:
. local list `""a"b"'
. macro dir _list
_list: "a"b
. gettoken one two : list
. macro dir _one _two
_one: a
_two: b
If this is not documented, I guess it should.
If you want to prevent this, you can use the -quotes- and -qed()-
options and then do some checks and put stuff together again if
necessary.
ben
On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 9:10 PM, Johannes Schmieder <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
> Can someone tell me whether this is intended behavior or a bug in
> Stata (V10, SE Intercooled):
>
> . local list `" "a b" c , d "'
> . macro dir // omitting the system macros
> _list: "a b" c , d
> _one: `"hello.dta"'
>
> . gettoken one two : list , p(",")
> . macro dir
> _two: c , d
> _one: a b
> _list: "a b" c , d
>
> Shouldn't the local "one" contain: "a b" c
> rather than just: a b
>
> If this is intended behavior this is not well documented in the help
> file or the manual. I realize the first technical note in the manual
> recommends to include " " as a parsing character, but this still seems
> to be strange and not in line with the documentation.
>
> Johannes Schmieder
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