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Re: st: use of brace inside of macro - still a question
From
Austin Nichols <[email protected]>
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Re: st: use of brace inside of macro - still a question
Date
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:46:06 -0400
B Web <[email protected]> :
You can't do that. Why do you want to? Maybe try...
macro drop _all
global test "continue, break"
forv i=1/2{
di in r "${test}"
${test}
}
On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 1:31 PM, B Web <[email protected]> wrote:
> looking for and I apologize for not being specific.
>
> I want to end a loop defined by a "brace" stored in a global macro.
>
> macro drop _all
> global test }
>
> forv i=1/2{
> di in r "${test}"
> $[test}
> * --- error ---
> What I am trying to do is "end" the loop using the global macro of a
> brace. Can you get that working? If so, please explain. If not -
> can someone else please elaborate.
>
> Bill
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