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Re: st: local variables and running do files
From
Jorge Eduardo Pérez Pérez <[email protected]>
To
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject
Re: st: local variables and running do files
Date
Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:31:37 -0400
You can use global macros, instead of local macros. Global macros are
not erased when the execution of the do-file is finished.
global var "var1 var2"
sum $var
_______________________
Jorge Eduardo Pérez Pérez
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Maria Ana Vitorino
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear statalist users,
> I would like to run a do file in batches (i.e. a few lines at a time)
> but it seems that then the local variables that I defined in the
> beginning do not carry over ...
> Any solution for this?
>
> Here is some output for a simple example so that you can better
> understand what is my issue.
>
> Thanks!!
> Ana
>
>
> . do "/var/folders/Xn/Xnl4Mq-lGR4-mNII1zm-Wk+++TI/-Tmp-//SD17268.000000"
>
> . sum
>
> Variable | Obs Mean Std. Dev. Min Max
> -------------+--------------------------------------------------------
> var1 | 24 12.5 7.071068 1 24
> var2 | 24 36.5 7.071068 25 48
> var3 | 24 61.5 7.071068 50 73
>
> . local var "var1 var2"
>
> .
> end of do-file
>
> . do "/var/folders/Xn/Xnl4Mq-lGR4-mNII1zm-Wk+++TI/-Tmp-//SD17268.000000"
>
> . sum `var'
>
> Variable | Obs Mean Std. Dev. Min Max
> -------------+--------------------------------------------------------
> var1 | 24 12.5 7.071068 1 24
> var2 | 24 36.5 7.071068 25 48
> var3 | 24 61.5 7.071068 50 73
>
> .
>
>
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