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Re: st: question about local and var[n]
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"G. Dai" <[email protected]>
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Subject
Re: st: question about local and var[n]
Date
Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:35:27 -0600
Thank you,Matt. It helps.
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 12:25 AM, Matthew White
<[email protected]> wrote:
> You probably want:
> local city = ID[1]
> not:
> local city ID[1]
> The latter just assigns the string "ID[1]" to `city'. -display
> "`city'"- will display "ID[1]" not "ny". The former, on the other
> hand, first evaluates the expression ID[1], THEN assigns the result to
> `city'. ID[1] will evaluate to "ny", which is then assigned to `city'.
> -display "`city'"- will display "ny".
>
> Hope that helps!
>
> Best,
> Matt
>
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 1:47 AM, G. Dai <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Dear all,
>> I have one question about the use of local macros.
>> For example, assume the date
>>
>> ID ny_price
>> ny 5
>> wa 4
>>
>> set obs 2
>> gen str ID=""
>> replace ID="ny" in 1
>> replace ID="wa" in 2
>> gen ny_price=4
>> replace ny_price=5 in 1
>>
>>
>> Then My question comes from the following differences:
>>
>>
>> . local city ny
>>
>> .
>> . replace `city'_price=100 in 1
>> (1 real change made)
>>
>>
>> However,
>>
>> . local city ID[1]
>> . di `city'
>> ny
>> . replace `city'_price=100 in 1
>> weights not allowed
>> r(101);
>>
>> Why?
>> thanks!
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