Thanks to Jeff Pitblado for this solution. And thanks to all at StataCorp
for giving us the -macval()- function. It will make life much easier for
users of the -file- package.
Best wishes
Roger
At 12:43 25/06/03 -0500, Jeff Pitblado wrote:
I believe -macval()- will solve the problem. The second -file write- command
below uses -macval()- to output the contents of -`linecur'- to the file.
***** BEGIN:
. tempname uhandle
. local linecur "\textit{Make}&\textit{Weight}\\\\"
. mac li _linecur
_linecur: \textit{Make}&\textit{Weight}\\
. file open `uhandle' using nutz.txt, write text replace
. file write `uhandle' `"`linecur'"' _n
. file write `uhandle' `"`macval(linecur)'"' _n
. file close `uhandle'
. type nutz.txt
\textit{Make}&\textit{Weight}\
\textit{Make}&\textit{Weight}\\
***** END:
--Jeff
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