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Re: st: use of brace inside of macro - still a question
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"Dr. Bill Westman" <[email protected]>
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Re: st: use of brace inside of macro - still a question
Date
Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:51:11 -0700 (PDT)
Austin your solution is a good work around. thanks.
Bill
--- On Wed, 6/16/10, Austin Nichols <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Austin Nichols <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: st: use of brace inside of macro - still a question
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Wednesday, June 16, 2010, 12:46 PM
> 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}"
> ${test}
> }
>
> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 1:31 PM, B Web <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> > not exactly what I was looking for and I apologize for not being specific.
> >
> > I want to end a loop defined by a "brace" stored in a
> global macro.
> >
> > macro drop _all
> > global test }
> >
> > forv i=1/2{
> > di in r "${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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