Hi,
Can someone tell me whether this is intended behavior or a bug in
Stata (V10, SE Intercooled):
. local list `" "a b" c , d "'
. macro dir // omitting the system macros
_list: "a b" c , d
_one: `"hello.dta"'
. gettoken one two : list , p(",")
. macro dir
_two: c , d
_one: a b
_list: "a b" c , d
Shouldn't the local "one" contain: "a b" c
rather than just: a b
If this is intended behavior this is not well documented in the help
file or the manual. I realize the first technical note in the manual
recommends to include " " as a parsing character, but this still seems
to be strange and not in line with the documentation.
Johannes Schmieder
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