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

["Michael Blasnik" <michael.blasnik@verizon.net>]

You need to reference the global macro name using brackets to make it clear 
to Stata what you want:

di "${gooddaysY`y'M`m'}"

Michael Blasnik

----- Original Message ----- 
"Danielle H. Ferry" <dferry@nber.org> wrote:

> 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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