Re: st: AW: creating and calling local macros in do-files

[Jeph Herrin <junk@spandrel.net>]

If for some reason it is critical to have macros that persist
across do-files, use -global-s instead of -local-s.

As an alternative, I sometimes define macros (locals or globals)
inside a single -do- file, and then -include- that file at the
top of my other -do-files. This is often useful if I want to
run a number of different analyses with the same sets of variables
broken into subsets - then to make changes to my various lists
of variables I only have to edit one file.

hth,
Jeph

S Aneeqa Aqeel wrote:
> Thank you, that certainly helped clarify what I was doing incorrectly 
> (trying to break up a do-file and run it piecemeal).
>
> Regards,
>
> Aneeqa
>
> Quoting Martin Weiss <martin.weiss1@gmx.de>:
>
> > <>
> >
> >
> > First of all, from your description it is not necessarily the case 
> > that you
> > need -local-s at all. If you do, a do-file counts as one session, and all
> > -local-s are lost upon its termination.
> >
> > I would suggest you post example data and what you want to achieve, 
> > and the
> > -local- thing will be rendered redundant...
> >
> >
> >
> > HTH
> > Martin
> >
> >
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> > [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] Im Auftrag von S Aneeqa 
> > Aqeel
> > Gesendet: Dienstag, 4. August 2009 18:10
> > An: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> > Betreff: st: creating and calling local macros in do-files
> >
> > I am using STATA10 on a Windows 64-bit system.
> > I have looked up past FAQs on macros as well as the STATA user guide,
> > etc.  I have also tried my code on a different computer, but get the
> > same result. So I'm posting my question to the Statalist and would be
> > grateful for any light you can shed on this matter.
> >
> > I am using panel data and creating quarterly dummies for each year
> > (2000-2009).
> > I then create local macros, one for each year, collecting the
> > quarterly dummies by year.
> >
> > I am finding that STATA does not create more than one local macro if I
> > try to create several inside a do-file.  Consequently, when  the
> > do-file then tries to execute a regression, based on the local macros
> > created, the regression output shows no results at all for the
> > variables inside the macros which I am calling in the regression.
> >
> > If I create each macro in the command window, one by one, and then run
> > the regression by typing it out in the command window, I get results
> > for each of the variables included.
> >
> > Similarly, if I try to see what variables are included in the macro
> > (by using "summarize"), it doesn't work if the macro was one of
> > several created in the do-file, but will work if I created it directly
> > from the command window.
> >
> > Can you tell me why a macro might not run from inside the do-file? Is
> > there an upper limit to the number of local macros one can create and
> > call at any time?
> >
> > I can provide log files and my code if it would help.
> >
> > Many thanks and regards,
> >
> > Aneeqa
> >
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