Thank you very much Dimitriy!
Your suggestion was very helpful. I ran my original code
but modified it as per your suggestion regarding "\`".
Using my earlier example, here's how I re-ran my code:
foreach X in x y z {
reg a `X'
outreg a `X' using "D:\/`X'.txt", replace
}
This was really great!
Nishant
--- "Dimitriy V. Masterov" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I would do something like this if you want your
> regressions bundled together:
>
> local append "replace"
>
> foreach X in x y z {;
> reg a `X;
> outreg using "D:/filename.out", title("Reg of a on `X'")
> bdec(4)
> coefastr se 3aster addnote("Note here") `append';
> local append "append";
> };
>
> If you want them separately, do
>
> local append "replace"
>
> foreach X in x y z {;
> reg a `X;
> outreg using "D:/`X'.out", title("Reg of a on `X'")
> bdec(4) coefastr
> se 3aster addnote("Note here") `append';
> local append "append";
> };
>
> The problem with using a backslash in the path name is
> that it has
> special meaning when combined with a single quote. It
> means don't
> expand the macro, which is why you're running into a
> problem.
>
> DVM
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