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 should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install rewrite". The module is made available under terms of the GPL v3 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt). Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.
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