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Re: st: are Macro variable always possible ?
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John Litfiba <[email protected]>
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Re: st: are Macro variable always possible ?
Date
Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:36:12 +0200
Hello Matt,
Thank you very much for your kind answer
But... its doesnt seem to work, right ?
If I call the macro I obtain the same error
. display "`filter'"
var1==unknown function hello"&var2==1&var3==43&var6=="helloagain"&!missing()
On 28 August 2011 20:14, Matthew White <[email protected]> wrote:
> Enclosing it in double quotes should do the trick:
> local filter `"var1=="hello"&var2==1&var3==43&var6=="hello
> again"&!missing(var34)"'
>
> Best,
> Matt
>
> On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 5:52 PM, John Litfiba <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Dear Statalist,
>>
>> I have a very simple question about macro variables:
>>
>> I would like to define a macro variable which stores a long sequence
>> of data restrictions that I use after any IF qualifier when a function
>> allows it ..
>>
>> For example instead of writing
>>
>> regress Y X if var1=="hello"&var2==1&var3==43&var6=="hello
>> again"&!missing(var34) ,
>>
>> I tried to define a macro as
>>
>> local filter var1=="hello"&var2==1&var3==43&var6=="hello again"&!missing(var34)
>>
>> in order to simply write
>>
>> regress Y X if `filter'
>>
>> However it doent seem to work as Stata doesnt like at all the part
>> var1=="hello" (because of the ""), causing an error in the
>> interpretation...
>>
>> Has anyone an idea ?
>>
>> Thank you very much !
>> Best,
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