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st: RE: Using Global Variables to Specify directories in dictionaries
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st: RE: Using Global Variables to Specify directories in dictionaries 
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Mon, 17 Sep 2012 23:39:13 +0000 
first of all, try signing your name.  Anonymous posts are not proper on this list.
Peter A. Lachenbruch,
Professor (retired)
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Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 10:37 AM
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Subject: st: Using Global Variables to Specify directories in dictionaries
I am trying to loop an infiling protocol through several datasets with
different names. I am using the following:
global dictionarypath="$root_path\$dataset_to_use.abc"
infile using "$root_path\Dictionary.dct", clear
The dictionary starts like this:
dictionary using "$dictionarypath" {
I get the following error:
file $dictionarypath.raw not found
dictionary invalid
I've played with including and not including the file extension, and
the directory seems correct. Any help would be appreciated.
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