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Re: st: literal single quotes
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"Newson, Roger B" <[email protected]>
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Re: st: literal single quotes
Date
Thu, 4 Mar 2010 17:32:03 +0000
I think the best way is to use the -char()- function. Type
local llquote=char(96)
local lrquote=char(39)
and the macros -llquote- and -lrquote- will contain literal left and
right quotes, respectively.
A useful tool for this kind of problem is Nick Cox's -asciiplot-, which
you can download from SSC, and which gives you the ASCII codes and their
corresponding characters graphically, at a glance.
I hope this helps.
Best wishes
Roger
Roger B Newson BSc MSc DPhil
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On 04/03/2010 17:21, Feiveson, Alan H. (JSC-SK311) wrote:
Can someone please tell me how to define a local macro that contains literal single quotes? For example Suppose I want to do something like
local bull "count if `temp'> 0"
where `temp' is to be interpreted literally, not evaluated.
Thanks
Al Feiveson
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