Re: st: RE: Macro question

[David Kantor <dkantor@jhu.edu>]

At 10:06 AM 3/15/2005 -0600, Fred Wolf wrote:
> Thanks Nick and Nick.
>
> I modified the code slightly for my application, and I get the same error 
> with the two suggested methods. Suggestion?
>
> local vlist: list clean vlist
> local olist : subinstr local vlist `" "' `"", ""' , all
> local olist `""`olist'""'
> di "`olist'"
>
>
>  callparmby "reg totcost03 age sex `var'",fwrelabel pformat(%9.3f) 
> eformat(%9.1f) vlist(plaghaq_ plaghaq2 plagpas)
> plaghaq_disability", "plaghaq2", "plagpas"" invalid name
> r(198);
>
> Fred
> [...]
Try compound quotes on the di.
di `"`olist'"'

But also be careful in passing such macros as parameters.  Quotes can get 
stripped.
Similarly, when handling such macros in general, always use compound 
quotes, and watch out for places where  quotes get stripped -- at least the 
outermost quotes.

HTH
-- David

David Kantor
Institute for Policy Studies
Johns Hopkins University
dkantor@jhu.edu
410-516-5404
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