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Re: st: Load data using macro
From
Jeph Herrin <[email protected]>
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Subject
Re: st: Load data using macro
Date
Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:16:52 -0400
What do you mean by "doesn't work"? The following
clear
set obs 100
gen x=runiform()
local depvar x
save `depvar', replace
u `depvar'
works fine.
Most likely you will want to add quotes and an extension to help disambiguate file names, eg.,:
clear
set obs 100
gen x=runiform()
local depvar x
save "`depvar'", replace
u "`depvar'".dta
hth,
Jeph
On 6/13/2013 9:57 AM, G. Anderson wrote:
Hi,
I am able to save files using the name of a variable in a macro (in this case my dependent variable
So when I type
save `depvar', replace
it saves a file with the name of the dependent variable as my filename.
Unfortunately when loading data
use `depvar'
doesn't work. Any ideas how you can load data using names defined by macros?
Thanks
Gareth
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