st: re: mkdir with local

[Kit Baum <baum@bc.edu>]

Tiago says
I would like to generate a new directory inside Stata and to save data
using a local macro. For example:

local name = "test_directory"
cd C:\
mkdir "`directory ' "
// my do file
save "C:\`name'\current_data.dta"



However, last line does not work. Is it possible to do that?

No, not possible if you stick with the DOS \. But turn it the other  
way and Stata will stop interpreting it as an escape character. That is,

save "C:/`name'\current_data.dta"

Stata can always use *nix-style / where Winodws uses \, and will send  
the appropriate name to Windows.

Kit


Kit Baum, Boston College Economics and DIW Berlin
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An Introduction to Modern Econometrics Using Stata:
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