I am trying to create a macro to refer to the directory where data and
files are stored, so I can move do files easily between computers. I
define the dir macro as:
local dir F:\0_stat.data\0_homenet.data\0_freshmen\transition\
I would like to be able to refer to the directory using a form like:
`dir'filename
and have this expand to
F:\0_stat.data\0_homenet.data\0_freshmen\transition\filename
But when I try to refer to dir's values, I get an error, as if the dir
value is broken at the dot included in a directory names:
dis `dir'
data\0_freshmen\transition\ invalid name
I am using stata v9 on a windows machine.
Any suggestions?
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Robert Kraut
Herbert A Simon Professor of Human Computer Interaction
Carnegie Mellon University, 3515 NSH
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web: www.cs.cmu.edu/~kraut email: [email protected]
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