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From | "Lachenbruch, Peter" <Peter.Lachenbruch@oregonstate.edu> |
To | "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
Subject | st: RE: Using Global Variables to Specify directories in dictionaries |
Date | Mon, 17 Sep 2012 23:39:13 +0000 |
first of all, try signing your name. Anonymous posts are not proper on this list. Peter A. Lachenbruch, Professor (retired) ________________________________________ From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] on behalf of Stata List [statalistemail@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 10:37 AM To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu Subject: st: Using Global Variables to Specify directories in dictionaries I am trying to loop an infiling protocol through several datasets with different names. I am using the following: global dictionarypath="$root_path\$dataset_to_use.abc" infile using "$root_path\Dictionary.dct", clear The dictionary starts like this: dictionary using "$dictionarypath" { I get the following error: file $dictionarypath.raw not found dictionary invalid I've played with including and not including the file extension, and the directory seems correct. Any help would be appreciated. * * 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/