All,
I am still having trouble using a macro to refer to a windows directory:
Explicitly naming the directory & file in a use statement works works. E.g.,
use F:\0_stat.data\0_homenet.data\0_freshmen\transition\withlag_2sls.dta, clear
I can define the macro, and display seems to indicate that my definition
is correct:
local dir F:\0_stat.data\0_homenet.data\0_freshmen\transition\
di "`dir'""withlag_2sls.dta"
F:\0_stat.data\0_homenet.data\0_freshmen\transition\withlag_2sls.dta
However, I still get an error when I add the file name, either
surrounding the filename in quotes or not:
use " `dir'""withlag_2sls.dta", clear
invalid '"withlag_2sls.dta'
r(198);
use " `dir'"withlag_2sls.dta, clear
invalid 'withlag_2sls.dta'
> r(198);
Defining the macro using quotes around the directory names does not seem
to help. Again, the macro seems to expand correctly using the display
command, but not with the use command.
> local dir "F:\0_stat.data\0_homenet.data\0_freshmen\transition\"
. di "`dir'""withlag_2sls.dta"
F:\0_stat.data\0_homenet.data\0_freshmen\transition\withlag_2sls.dta
. di "`dir'""withlag_2sls.dta"
F:\0_stat.data\0_homenet.data\0_freshmen\transition\withlag_2sls.dta
. use "`dir'""withlag_2sls.dta", clear
invalid '"withlag_2sls.dta'
r(198);
Any suggestions? I must not be understanding something fundamental
about expanding macros.
Robert Kraut
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Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 17:07:28 -0500
From: "Austin Nichols" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: st: macro with a dot
Try
local dir F:\0_stat.data\0_homenet.data\0_freshmen\transition\
di " `dir' "
di `dir'
to see where you have gone wrong.
On 3/4/06, Robert Kraut <[email protected]> wrote:
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\
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
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