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st: RE: local command with blanks
From
"David Radwin" <[email protected]>
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Subject
st: RE: local command with blanks
Date
Mon, 27 Dec 2010 08:58:00 -0800 (PST)
You need to use compound quotation marks, also called compound quotes. See
http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2002-06/msg00436.html for an
explanation and illustration.
David
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:owner-
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Kamyar Baradaran
> Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 7:59 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: local command with blanks
>
> Dear All,
>
> How can I create a local variable when I have blanks. I would like to
> have such a thing:
> local year_criteria " "year < 2000 & age == 1" "yea r< 2002 & age ==
> 2" "
> I would like to use it in foreach command:
>
> foreach criteria in `year_criteria' {
> ...
> }
>
> Thanks,
> Best,
> K
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