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From | Phil Clayton <philclayton@internode.on.net> |
To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
Subject | Re: st: use tempfile |
Date | Tue, 19 Jun 2012 23:11:00 +0930 |
If you -preserve- within a do-file (or program), Stata will automatically -restore- at the end of the do-file unless you specifically tell it not to. Try something like this: /*===begin===*/ local arg "yes" preserve tempfile tempresults gen X = 1 save "`tempresults'" if "`arg'" == "no" { restore, preserve } else { restore, not use `tempresults', clear } /*===end===*/ Phil On 19/06/2012, at 10:54 PM, Lythgoe, Dan wrote: > 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 > > > > > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/