--- Daniel Waxman <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am trying to access a series of files using the values of a
> variable in another dataset to as an index of the names of the files.
> This is easy to do with �levelsof-, except that the macro is
> truncated at a very small number of characters (244?).
>
> Here is what I�d like to do:
>
> clear
> insheet using sp_components.csv
> keep v1
> levelsof(v1), local(namelist)
>
> foreach name of local namelist {
> clear
> local filepath = "c:/mydata/"`name'"
> insheet using "`filepath'"
> ...
> }
>
I am not able to reproduce your problem:
*--------- begin example -------------
sysuse nlsw88, clear
levelsof idcode, local(namelist)
foreach name of local namelist {
di "`name'"
}
*--------- end example ---------------
(For more on how to use examples I sent to the Statalist, see
http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/stata/exampleFAQ.html )
-- Maarten
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