st: Using local variables in the name of a global variable

["Danielle H. Ferry" <dferry@nber.org>]

Hi,

I want to define a global variable whose name contains 2 local variables (b/c
I am creating it w/in nested loops over year & month):

forval y = 1980(1)2006 {
    forval m = 1(1)12 {
        global gooddaysY`y'M`m' = "stuff"
        di "$gooddaysY`y'M`m'"
    }
}

Suppose we are in the y = 1980 & m = 1 loop. Then the result of the -display-
is: 1980M1. I am guessing this has something to do w/ the quotes. But I don't
know how to fix it. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Danielle Ferry 

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