Never evaluate a macro when all you need
to do is copy it. I don't have access to
the manuals right now, but there is a big
chunk of [U] that makes this point.
Perhaps someone can fill in the section
number.
That is, whenever you go
global macname = <expression>
machinery of Stata springs into action that
(as a side-effect) may truncate the expression.
The = sign is an instruction to evaluate whatever
is to the right of it.
Treat the = sign here as dangerous.
global macname "<expression>"
is the way to go whenever you can.
Nick
[email protected]
Carlos Eduardo Hernandez Castillo
I am trying to manipulate the macro resulting from the dir extended_fcn.
However, it is truncated by Stata every time I try to change it. For
example:
. local archivos: dir "`dirdaneechareasmodificados'" files "*.dta"
. display `"`archivos'"'
"7areasa1991.dta" "7areasd2001.dta" "barranquilla.dta" "bogota.dta"
"bucaramanga.dta" "cali.dta" "manizales
>.dta" "medellin.dta" "nalech.dta" "nalenh.dta" "ocupados7areas_anual.dta"
>"ocupados7areas_trimestral.dta"
> "ocupadosnacional_anual.dta" "ocupadosnacional_trimestral.dta"
>"ocupadosunificada_anual.dta" "pasto.dta"
> "proporcionesnacional.dta" "temp.dta" "totalesbarranquilla.dta"
>"totalesbogota.dta" "totalesbucaramanga.
>dta" "totalescali.dta" "totalesmanizales.dta" "totalesmedellin.dta"
>"totalesnacional.dta" "totalespasto.d
>ta"
. global archivos=`"`archivos'"'
. display `"$archivos"'
"7areasa1991.dta" "7areasd2001.dta" "barranquilla.dta" "bogota.dta"
"bucaramanga.dta" "cali.dta" "manizales
>.dta" "medellin.dta" "nalech.dta" "nalenh.dta" "ocupados7areas_anual.dta"
>"ocupados7areas_trimestral.dta"
> "ocupadosnacional_anual.dta" "oc
. local archivos=subinstr(`"`archivos'"',`"""',"",.)
. display `"`archivos'"'
7areasa1991.dta" "7areasd2001.dta" "barranquilla.dta" "bogota.dta"
"bucaramanga.dta" "cali.dta" "manizales.
>dta" "medellin.dta" "nalech.dta" "nalenh.dta" "ocupados7areas_anual.dta"
>"ocupados7areas_trimestral.dta" "ocupadosnacional_anual.dta" "oc
. local archivos=subinstr(`"`archivos'"',`"""',"",.)
. display `"`archivos'"'
7areasa1991.dta 7areasd2001.dta barranquilla.dta bogota.dta bucaramanga.dta
cali.dta manizales.dta medellin
>.dta nalech.dta nalenh.dta ocupados7areas_anual.dta
>ocupados7areas_trimestral.dta ocupadosnacional_anual.
>dta oc
I would appreciate any help from you regarding this issue. What can I do to
stop it from being truncated? I am using Stata 9.2. Thanks in advance for
your help.
*
* For searches and help try:
* http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
* http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
* http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
