Re: st: Locals with two word phrases and graph titles

[Sergiy Radyakin <serjradyakin@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Patrick Flaherty
<patrickeconomist@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am using Stata 13/IC on Windows but I have had the same problem with
> earlier versions.  When I try to loop through a local of two word
> phrases to put titles on graphs, I can't seem to get the behavior I
> want.
>
> Example:
>
> clear all
> sysuse auto, clear


> local makename "AMC Concord" "AMC Pacer" "Buick LeSabre" "Cad. Deville"
local makename `""AMC Concord" "AMC Pacer" "Buick LeSabre" "Cad. Deville""'


>
> forvalues m = 1/4{
> local cname: word `m' of `makename'
> twoway scatter mpg price, title(`"Fake `cname' Data"') name(graph_`m')
> }
>
> This produces four graphs.  The first one titled
> Fake AMC Data, but I want it to say Fake AMC Concord Data
>
> The second the title is Fake Concord" Data -- that extra double quote
> shows up in other graphs I tried to create as well.  Usually the extra
> double quote appears at the end of the title of the first graph in a
> loop.
>
> The third and fourth graphs look fine -- AMC Pacer and Buick LeSabre
> are correct, but of course there is no Cad. Deville, which is what I
> wanted for graph 4.
>
> When I change 1/4 to 1/5 the Cad. Deville graph is correctly drawn but
> now I have 5 graphs when I only wanted 4.
>
> If anyone knows what I'm doing wrong I would appreciate some help.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Patrick J. Flaherty
> Coventry, Connecticut
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