Actually, Maarten, while that raised my eyebrows as well, I don't
think it is the source of the problem.
. local x "This is a test"
. di "`x'"
This is a test
. di "`x '"
This is a test
. di "`x '"
This is a test
Clearly, the insertion of spaces is bad form, but does not result in a
syntax error.
On 2/11/06, Maarten buis <[email protected]> wrote:
> The problem is in the line: -local xb _b[pcinc]*`meanpcinc '+_b[ratio1]*`meanratio1 '+_b[ii1]
> *`meanpcinc '*`meanratio1 '+_b[_cons]-. You call macros names `meanpcinc ' and `meanratio1 ' with
> a space. However you made the macros `meanpcinc' and `meanratio1', without space.
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