--- [email protected] wrote:
> houseinc* would include houseinc_mean and I
> just want houseinc1-houseinc100.
You can achieve what you want with a combination
of -unab- and extended macro functions, see the
example below and -help unab- and -help macrolists-
hope this helps,
Maarten
*----------- begin example -------------
sysuse auto, clear
/* create variables rep1 - rep5 */
tab rep78, gen(rep)
/* create list of all variables */
/* whose first three characters */
/* are "rep" */
unab vars: rep*
di "`vars'"
/* create a local containing */
/* the variables you want to */
/* exclude */
local not "rep78"
/* exclude those variable from */
/* your list */
local vars: list vars - not
di "`vars'"
*------------ end example --------------
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Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/
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