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Re: st: RE: RE: scalar do not allow -if-
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Maarten buis <[email protected]>
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Re: st: RE: RE: scalar do not allow -if-
Date
Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:33:44 +0000 (GMT)
--- Nick wrote:
> the code here optimistically assumes no clash between scalar
> and variable names.
>
> Wrapping with -scalar()- means being always safe and never
> sorry.
An alternative solution that I often prefer (mostly because
I am used to it) is:
tempname w1 w2 w3
scalar `w1' = ...
scalar `w2' = ...
scalar `w3' = ...
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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Maarten L. Buis
Institut fuer Soziologie
Universitaet Tuebingen
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72074 Tuebingen
Germany
http://www.maartenbuis.nl
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