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| From | "Lythgoe, Dan" <D.Lythgoe@liverpool.ac.uk> |
| To | "'statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu'" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | st: use tempfile |
| Date | Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:24:53 +0000 |
Dear Statalist,
Apologies in advance for such a simple question but I am struggling with this one. I want to -use- a temporary file stored using -tempfile- if an argument is true(/false), but am clearly missing something as I can't seem to get STATA to -use- the temporary file:
/*===begin===*/
local arg "yes"
preserve
tempfile tempresults
gen X = 1
save "`tempresults'"
if "`arg'" == "no" {
restore, preserve
}
else {
use `tempresults', clear
}
/*===end===*/
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks
Dan Lythgoe
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