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Re: st: Files, Directories and Macros
From
Maarten Buis <[email protected]>
To
[email protected]
Subject
Re: st: Files, Directories and Macros
Date
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:16:04 +0100
2012/1/31 Andrés Castañeda :
> I have a problem using macros to organize files. Let’s say that in the
> folder "C:\Temp" I have a UNIQUE dta file named “example.dta”. I need
> to call this file in Stata by using macros.
<snip>
> use "$dir\"`data', clear
> invalid '"example.dta'
See: Nicholas J Cox (2008) Stata tip 65: Beware the backstabbing
backslash. The Stata Journal, 8(3): 446-447.
<http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=pr0042>
In short, the answer is:
use "$dir/`data'", clear
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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Maarten L. Buis
Institut fuer Soziologie
Universitaet Tuebingen
Wilhelmstrasse 36
72074 Tuebingen
Germany
http://www.maartenbuis.nl
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