I think the backslash "\" is also read by Stata as an escape
character, so if you use the backslash with macro names you have to
use a double backslash "\\" to get the separator behavior.
-radu
2006/2/6, Sascha O. Becker <[email protected]>:
> Dear statalisters,
>
> I always thought that the "/" (slashes) can be either forward or
> backward - Stata doesn't distinguish between them.
>
> However, in the following case, they produce very different results:
>
> foreach file in comp cons fami {;
> capture use "$root/orig/`file'1976";
> foreach num of numlist 1978(2)2004 {;
> capture append using "$root/orig/`file'`num'";
> };
> };
>
> works fine.
>
> However, the backslash version "$root\orig\`file'`num'"
> reads orig\`file'`num' as "orig`file'`num'" (a file which does not
> exist), i.e. seems to ignore the backslash altogether.
>
> Why is that?
>
> Best, Sascha
>
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