st: Passing a local variable into a subsequent do-file

[Bryce Mason <bmason5@lmu.edu>]

Dear STATA Gods,

Let me predicate this on the fact that I am by no means a great stata  
programmer. I'm constantly learning new things, so forgive my  
ignorance. I doubt I am going about things in the best way.

I would like to know whether it is possible to pass a local variable  
to a subsequent do file called from my main do file. That is, I often  
call other do-files from a main file and use them like subroutines. It  
keeps my code shorter.

Recently, however, I ran into a situation where the do file I am  
calling doesn't remember the local macro names I assigned in the main  
program. The local macro name in question stems from a foreach loop,  
so I can't use global assignment.

Thank you for any help.

Yours Sincerely,

Bryce


Bryce Mason, Ph.D.
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