On 8/5/02 16:38, Li, Wenjun wrote
>A quick question about macro operation:
>
>I have a long list of names that are stored in a macro, such as
> local namelist `aa bb cc def ghi .....................'
>I would like to change them to
> local namelist2 'aa_g bb_g cc_g def_g ghi_g ................' etc.
>
>How could I do that?
>
The following would work (either from the command window or in an (a)do
file):
foreach name of local namelist {
local newlist "`newlist' `name'_g"
}
Bill
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