Thanks very much for the suggestions.
Either
local name="varlist"
regress depvar `name'
Or including the local into another program did the trick!
Andrea
----- Original Message -----
From: "Raymundo Perez Rico" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 6:45 PM
Subject: st: RE: macro problem
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> Try :
>
> local grav="lrgdp95m lrgdp95x lrgdp95pcm lrgdp95pcx adj lingtie ldist
eumxc"
> regress lrebilm `grav'
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Raymundo
>
>
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]En nombre de Andrea
> Molinari
> Enviado el: Jueves, 22 de Julio de 2004 12:33 p.m.
> Para: [email protected]
> Asunto: st: macro problem
>
>
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> Dear all,
>
> I'm (also!) trying to run a very very simple macro to save me writing lots
> of regressors every time I change the specification, but it does not seem
to
> be working when I run it on my do-file. Ideally, I'd want to define a
local
> for each specification, but for now I need to have a core model and then
add
> more variables.
>
> I'm writing:
> local grav lrgdp95m lrgdp95x lrgdp95pcm lrgdp95pcx adj lingtie ldist eumxc
>
> regress lrebilm `grav'
>
> (and also tried local grav "lrgdp95m lrgdp95x lrgdp95pcm lrgdp95pcx adj
> lingtie ldist eumxc")
>
> But the macro is not interpreted when I'm running it from the do file (it
> does work either way when I type it on the Stata Command window).
>
> I guess I should be missing something in my do file, but can't figure out
> what it may be. Any suggestions are more than welcomed!
>
> Thanks,
> Andrea
>
>
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