st: Executing a string representation of a command

["E. Paul Wileyto" <epw@mail.med.upenn.edu>]

Dear Statalisters,

Suppose I've done some programming that creates a macro containing a 
string representation of a command.  For example:

. ma list vL
vL:             label var EMOID_OA_CR_plac "Emotion ID, Overall Correct 
Response Count, On Placebo."

How do I now execute that string in a macro as if I had type it in, or 
had written it explicitly as part of a do-file?

If I search on "execute string" in help, there is no response.

Thanks

Paul

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E. Paul Wileyto, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics
Tobacco Use Research Center
School of Medicine, U. of Pennsylvania
3535 Market Street, Suite 4100
Philadelphia, PA  19104-3309

215-746-7147
Fax: 215-746-7140
epw@mail.med.upenn.edu



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