Yes it is:
gen quote=`"""'
should work.
unfortunately I do not know the english words for the leading and the
ending character in that sequence meaning ` and ' . Using these
solves the issue.
sebastian
On 5/19/05, Sherman, Richard <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Statalist,
>
> Is it possible to create a string variable containing only the character
> " ? Stata 8 won't let me do so with the command
>
> gen quote = """
>
> or in the data editor.
>
> This would be convenient for, e.g, labeling variables with the values of
> another variable.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Richard Sherman
> Department of Political Science, Leiden University
> Leiden, Netherlands
> http://homepage.mac.com/richard.sherman/
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