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Re: st: Load data using macro


From   Jeph Herrin <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: Load data using macro
Date   Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:16:52 -0400

What do you mean by "doesn't work"? The following

 clear
 set obs 100
 gen x=runiform()
 local depvar x
 save `depvar', replace
 u `depvar'


works fine.

Most likely you will want to add quotes and an extension to help disambiguate file names, eg.,:

 clear
 set obs 100
 gen x=runiform()
 local depvar x
 save "`depvar'", replace
 u "`depvar'".dta


hth,
Jeph


On 6/13/2013 9:57 AM, G. Anderson wrote:
Hi,

I am able to save files using the name of a variable in a macro (in this case my dependent variable

So when I type

save `depvar', replace

it saves a file with the name of the dependent variable as my filename.

Unfortunately when loading data

use `depvar'
doesn't work. Any ideas how you can load data using names defined by macros?


Thanks

Gareth
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