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RE: st: use tempfile
From
"Lythgoe, Dan" <[email protected]>
To
"'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>
Subject
RE: st: use tempfile
Date
Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:07:48 +0000
Maarten, Phil thanks for the input so far. Phil your suggested code makes perfect sense to me but still doesn't seem to quite do the job; I want it to clear the current data set and use the `tempresults' data set instead.
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Phil Clayton
Sent: 19 June 2012 14:41
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: st: use tempfile
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
>
>
>
>
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