Much better than my suggestion. Many thanks.
Nick
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Michael Blasnik
> In regard to the second question, there is a simple way to
> get a directory
> listing into a macro using Stata 8:
>
> local datfiles: dir . files "*.dat"
>
> will put all .dat files in the current directory into the
> local macro
> datfiles. Each file name will be enclosed in double
> quotes. You can then
> use the code shown at the end of Nick's posting (levels,
> followed by a
> loop). See -help local- and look for the extended macro
> function -dir- for
> a syntax explanation.
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