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| From | Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> |
| To | "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | Re: st: Do Files and Arguments |
| Date | Mon, 8 Apr 2013 01:20:09 +0100 |
You could use a global. Nick njcoxstata@gmail.com On 8 April 2013 01:14, Erika Kociolek <ekociole@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > My question is related to .do files and passing arguments to them. > Let's say that I have a file called master.do, and the .do file I want > to run from master.do is called routine1.do. > > Here's the syntax in the file master.do: > > local quarter 2 > cd C:/Directory/MyDirectory/Q`quarter'_2012/ > > do routine1 > > > Here is the syntax in the file routine1.do : > > use ../Q`quarter'_2012/mystatafile.dta, clear > > > I don't want to have to define the local "quarter" in all of the .do > files that I want to call and run in master.do. Is there any way to > pass along the quarter argument to files called in the master.do file? * * 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/