Re: st: adding a variable to a macro

["B. Timothy Walsh" <btw1@columbia.edu>]

You are clearly correct! I must have made a typo.
I apologize for the bother, but am very grateful for the quick answer!
Tim

--On Friday, July 18, 2008 9:33 PM -0500 Richard Williams 
<Richard.A.Williams.5@ND.edu> wrote:


> At 08:19 PM 7/18/2008, B. Timothy Walsh wrote:
> > I am very new to Stata, but, having searched FAQ and Statalist, have
> > not been able to find a solution...
> >
> > I would like to add another variable to a local macro containing
> > variables. So, if myvars contains varone vartwo varthree:
> > local myvars varone vartwo varthree
> >
> > How do I add newvar?
> > I would have thought something like the following would work:
> > local myvars `myvars' newwar
> >
> > But, it does not.
> > I'd appreciate any suggestions or guidance.
> > Thanks!
> > Tim Walsh
> Yes it does. Try this:
>
> local myvars var1 var2
> local myvars `myvars' var3
> display "`myvars'"
>
> The result of the last command is
>
> . display "`myvars'"
> var1 var2 var3
>
> You probably have a typo somewhere or there is something you are not
> telling us.
>
>
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