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Re: st: Files, Directories and Macros
From
Andrés Castañeda <[email protected]>
To
[email protected]
Subject
Re: st: Files, Directories and Macros
Date
Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:29:47 -0500
Dear Maartin,
It didn't work. I got the following error:
use "$dir/`data'", clear
invalid 'example.dta'
Thanks,
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Maarten Buis <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2012/1/31 Andrés Castañeda :
>> I have a problem using macros to organize files. Let’s say that in the
>> folder "C:\Temp" I have a UNIQUE dta file named “example.dta”. I need
>> to call this file in Stata by using macros.
> <snip>
>> use "$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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