You might want to save a little less typing in queries to Statalist, but on the
assumption that I know what you want to achieve, you might try something like:
local 1 whatever
local if `1' == "first thing" | `1' == "second thing"
if `if' { display "Gotcha!" }
else { display "Rats!" }
That doesn't seem too complicated, so perhaps you're wanting something else,
such as a way to delay the substitution of local macros (i.e., store the quoting
characters "`" and "'" in a macro definition). That's a lot more difficult, but
I was able to do it by creating macros for the quote characters and plugging
those in where I would ordinarily use the quotes. For example:
local lquote ``'
local rquote `''
local if `lquote'1`rquote' == "first thing" | `lquote'1`rquote' == "second
thing"
To get double indirection, you simply stack the quote macros. Again, it isn't
clear to me what you're ultimately trying to accomplish.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of NBER Test
> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 11:03 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: ... and you can quote me
>
>
> I'd like to save typing and clean up a program by
> using
> a local variable with conditions that evaluate strings
> like below:
>
> local 1 "whatever"
> local if "``1' == "first thing" | `1' == "second
> thing"'"
> if `if' { ...
>
> only I can't get the quotes or compound quotes in my
> `if' declaration to resolve quite right.
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
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