Re: st: Files, Directories and Macros

[Andrés Castañeda <r.andres.castaneda@gmail.com>]

I think there is something weird with the extended function of the macros:
If I type,

macro dir
_data:          "example.dta"
_dir:           C:\Temp

Notice that macroname data is enclosed in double quotes while the
macroname dir is not.

how can i get with macros the following path: "C:/Temp/example.dta"
???? I tried the forward slash instead of the backward slash and I
still got an error:

use "`dir'/`data'", clear
invalid 'example.dta'


Thanks,


On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Maarten Buis <maartenlbuis@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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Andrés Castañeda
World Bank, LAC-PREM
Research Associate
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