st: Can a global macroname act as a prefix?

[Steven Samuels <ssamuels@albany.edu>]

Local variables can act as prefixes and suffixes in variable names:

local a = "local"
gen `a'_x =  1     //  create local_x
gen  x_`a'=  1    //  creates x_local

global b= "global"
gen x_$b=   1    // creates  x_global

gen $b`a'= 1      //  creates globallocal

My question:  Can I create something a variable named "global_x"  
using the global variable $b ?

Thanks

Steve




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