You just refer to it: 
At the command prompt: 
. `vL' 
In a do-file 
`vL' 
The point is that Stata sees the macroname and replaces it by its
contents. Then it is evident that -label- (in this case) has some work
to do. 
Nick
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E. Paul Wileyto
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.
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