st: syntax, programming

[Jochen Späth <der-jochen@gmx.net>]

Dear all,

I am currently trying to write an ado-File for the creation of so-called 
smop (surface measure of overall performance) values and in the very 
first lines of code I have encountered the following problem:
Using STATA's syntax command variables entered by the user of the 
program are stored as a local macro `varlist'. So, how can I access the 
contents of `varlist' "one by one", i.e. how can I adrress each element 
of  `varlist' separately? - What I do not want is to make use of a loop 
such as foreach... Any ideas?

Thank you,
Jochen

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