REWRITE: Stata module to rewrite text files from disk performing macro substitutions

Rosa Gini ()
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Rosa Gini: Agenzia Regionale di Sanita' della Toscana

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: rewrite copies modelfile to finalfile. The difference with copy is that modelfile is not copied verbatim: rewrite performs macro substitution on modelfile using the values of global macros that are valid for the current Stata session.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 8.2
Keywords: file handling; global macros (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-07-22
Note: This module may be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install rewrite". Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.

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http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/r/rewrite.ado program code (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/r/rewrite.hlp help file (text/plain)

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