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| From | Jeph Herrin <stata@spandrel.net> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: Macro parsing question. |
| Date | Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:54:31 -0500 |
Got it. On 2/14/2013 1:27 PM, Nick Cox wrote:
That line of code which I wrote earlier is what Amadou's earlier example boils down to. It is not a suggestion for what Amadou should use, and cannot be, because 1. Amadou has implied that he does not want that result. 2. I don't know what Amadou really wants to do. He hasn't described the problem he wants to solve. Nick On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 6:15 PM, Jeph Herrin <stata@spandrel.net> wrote:On 2/14/2013 4:55 AM, Nick Cox wrote:Should be local d = cond("a" == "c", "%", "Value")Note the condition is never true. Maybe you mean: local d = cond("`k'"=="a", "%","Value")* * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
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