st: Running a model using global macro statement

[Sam Asin <asin.sam@gmail.com>]

Hello, this is my first post here!

I am trying to create a do file that runs a logit command.  I use a
global macro statement to set up the regression, it's called
$regressionstatement.

global regressionstatement "$regtype" "$dependentvar" " "
"collection2" " " "$zipind" " " "$dateind" " " "$kenparam"
"$ifstatement" ", " "$options"



At the bottom of my code, it invokes $regressionstatement.  However, I
get this error:

2" " invalid name
r(198);



However, if I write:

display "$regressionstatement"


and then copy paste the output onto my command line and run it, it
works.  I also tried:

"$regressionstatement"

to no avail, as well as:

global test "$regressionstatement"

$test

How can I make my code run the regressoin statement that I've made
without requiring the additional manual input?  For what it's worth,
I've included the code of interest below.




global regressionstatement "$regtype" "$dependentvar" " "
"collection2" " " "$zipind" " " "$dateind" " " "$kenparam"
"$ifstatement" ", " "$options"

 display "$regressionstatement"
logit event90 collection2 i.zipspecial i.date dage1-dage8 cohort96
cohort97 cohort98 cohort99 cohort00 cohort01 cohort02 cohort03
cohort04 cohort05 cohort06 cohort0
> 7 cohort08 ltv1 ltv2 ltv3 ltv4 ltv5 fico1 fico2 fico3 fico4 xfc11 xfc12 xfc13 xfc14 xfc21 xfc22 xfc23 xfc24 xfc31 xfc32 xfc33 xfc34 xfc41 xfc42 xfc43 xfc44 oupb1-
> oupb4 fdti1 fdti2 fdti3 fdti4 bdti1 bdti2 bdti3 bdti4 sato1-sato2  second_lien metro units condo if def_obs_count<2, vce(robust)
.
$regressionstatement
2" " invalid name
logit event90 collection2 i.zipspecial i.date dage1-dage8 cohort96
cohort97 cohort98 cohort99 cohort00 cohort01 cohort02 cohort03
cohort04 cohort05 cohort06 cohor
> t07 cohort08 ltv1 ltv2 ltv3 ltv4 ltv5 fico1 fico2 fico3 fico4 xfc11 xfc12 xfc13 xfc14 xfc21 xfc22 xfc23 xfc24 xfc31 xfc32 xfc33 xfc34 xfc41 xfc42 xfc43 xfc44 oupb
> 1-oupb4 fdti1 fdti2 fdti3 fdti4 bdti1 bdti2 bdti3 bdti4 sato1-sato2  second_lien metro units condo if def_obs_count<2, vce(robust)
note: 33890.zipspecial != 0 predicts success perfectly
      33890.zipspecial dropped and 60 obs not used

etc.


Thanks!

Sam
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