Re: st: local variables and running do files

[Maria Ana Vitorino <vitorino@wharton.upenn.edu>]

I tried global macros but it does not work either...
Thanks,
Ana

. do "/var/folders/Xn/Xnl4Mq-lGR4-mNII1zm-Wk+++TI/-Tmp-//SD17268.000000"

. global var "var1 var2"

.
end of do-file

. do "/var/folders/Xn/Xnl4Mq-lGR4-mNII1zm-Wk+++TI/-Tmp-//SD17268.000000"

. sum `var'

    Variable |       Obs        Mean    Std. Dev.       Min        Max
-------------+--------------------------------------------------------
        var1 |        24        12.5    7.071068          1         24
        var2 |        24        36.5    7.071068         25         48
        var3 |        24        61.5    7.071068         50         73

.
end of do-file


On Oct 28, 2011, at 2:31 PM, Jorge Eduardo Pérez Pérez wrote:

> You can use global macros, instead of local macros. Global macros are
> not erased when the execution of the do-file is finished.
>
> global var "var1 var2"
> sum $var
>
> _______________________
> Jorge Eduardo Pérez Pérez
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Maria Ana Vitorino
> <vitorino@wharton.upenn.edu> wrote:
> > Dear statalist users,
> > I would like to run a do file in batches (i.e. a few lines at a time)
> > but it seems that then the local variables that I defined in the
> > beginning do not carry over ...
> > Any solution for this?
> >
> > Here is some output for a simple example so that you can better
> > understand what is my issue.
> >
> > Thanks!!
> > Ana
> >
> >
> > . do "/var/folders/Xn/Xnl4Mq-lGR4-mNII1zm-Wk+++TI/-Tmp-// 
> > SD17268.000000"
> > . sum
> >
> >     Variable |       Obs        Mean    Std. Dev.       Min         
> > Max
> > ------------- 
> > +--------------------------------------------------------
> >         var1 |        24        12.5    7.071068          1          
> > 24
> >         var2 |        24        36.5    7.071068         25          
> > 48
> >         var3 |        24        61.5 7.071068         50         73
> >
> > . local var "var1 var2"
> >
> > .
> > end of do-file
> >
> > . do "/var/folders/Xn/Xnl4Mq-lGR4-mNII1zm-Wk+++TI/-Tmp-// 
> > SD17268.000000"
> > . sum `var'
> >
> >     Variable |       Obs        Mean    Std. Dev.       Min         
> > Max
> > ------------- 
> > +--------------------------------------------------------
> >         var1 |        24        12.5    7.071068          1          
> > 24
> >         var2 |        24        36.5    7.071068         25          
> > 48
> >         var3 |        24        61.5 7.071068         50         73
> >
> > .
> >
> >
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