Your problem is the extranious space between ` and : (note that this space is not there in your 'working' -display- example, where the colon has been mistyped as "), e.g.
. disp "` : word 1 of a b c'"
. disp "`: word 1 of a b c'"
a
The same is also true with `=<exp>':
. disp ` =2+2'
. disp `=2+2'
4
And with local macros:
. local mylocal hello
. disp "` mylocal'"
. disp "`mylocal'"
hello
Other than that, your code is fine. Hope this helps
David
-----Original Message-----
From: Orion Whitaker [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 15 May 2005 16:58
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: Extended Function Macro's in Foreach: `: variable label
`v''wrong?
I would like to label plots with the variables -label- using extended
functions in a 'foreach' loop.
Somehow this code does not give a title to the graph:
foreach v of varlist age {
display "`v'"
graph box `v' , title(" ` : variable label `v' ' ")
// that's dq lsq : variable label rlq v rsq rsq dq
// as in dq: double quote lsq: left single quote
}
I'm perplexed as I tried to 'mirror' code that worked for 'display',
namely
display " `var' " _col(20) "`" type `var''"
Suggestions?
--
Orion C. Whitaker
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
[email protected]
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