Re: st: Attaching a set of local macros to a dataset

[Maarten Buis <maartenlbuis@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Amadou DIALLO wrote:
> I thought of char:
> char _dta[one] `macro1'
> but in the created pr file, I can't find a way to put back the
> contents of the char into a local macro. The command:
> loc macro1 `_dta[one]
> is not working.

*------------- begin example ---------------
sysuse auto
// add the characteristics
char _dta[foo] "hello world"

// save the file
tempfile temp
save `temp'

// load the file
use `temp'

// put the characteristic in local macro bar
local bar : char _dta[foo]

// display the content of local macro bar
di "`bar'"
*-------------- end example ----------------
(For more on examples I sent to the Statalist see:
 http://www.maartenbuis.nl/example_faq )

Hope this helps,
Maarten


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