st: local/global macro in regression

[Andrea Bennett <mac.stata@gmail.com>]

Hi everyone!

I don't quite see the point where I go wrong. I would like to use  
local macros in a do-file for regressions (e.g. -local main "female  
income age age2"-, then -reg `main'-). However, these local macros  
seem to be available only during the execution of the do-file.  
Whenever I want to refer to these macros via the console it doesn't  
work anymore. -macro list- then shows me that the local macros are not  
present anymore. However, if I manually enter the local macro in the  
console it stays there and can be referred to later (even after - 
clear-).

I know I could work with global macros but I would prefer to have  
something like session macros so that I could also use them via  
console but which would then get deleted when clearing the memory  
(opposite to global macros which would continue to work).

Can this be done? Many thanks for your consideration,

Andrea
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