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Re: turn a string value into variable name [message #63141 is a reply to message #63041]

Wed, 29 October 2008 06:34

David Fanning
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loebasboy writes:

> On 23 okt, 23:56, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
>> Nick writes:
>>> I am restoring over 100 .sav files and creating structures for
>>> analysis. =A0Each .sav represents a differenct scenario and ideally I
>>> would like to name the created structure in sequential format (case1,
>>> case2...casen).
>>
>>> To pull the data in I am using a for loop (all .sav have identical
>>> array names) and I'd like to use the counter to name the variable. =A0I=
> s
>>> it possible to turn a string into a variable name?
>>
>> The EXECUTE command can do this:
>
> Thank you David, I had the same question !

I'm glad the answer is helpful, but I would say in general
that 9 people out of 10 who are writing code like this
are *probably* doing the wrong thing. That is to say,
the good reasons for creating variables on the fly,
inside a procedure, are few and far between. I'd look
pretty hard for alternatives before I ever coded something
like this up.

Cheers,

David

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David Fanning, Ph.D.
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[Message index]

		turn a string value into variable name By: Nick[2] on Thu, 23 October 2008 15:30
		Re: turn a string value into variable name By: David Fanning on Wed, 29 October 2008 08:09
		Re: turn a string value into variable name By: loebasboy on Wed, 29 October 2008 08:29
		Re: turn a string value into variable name By: laura.hike on Thu, 01 June 2017 15:48
		Re: turn a string value into variable name By: Markus Schmassmann on Fri, 02 June 2017 02:59
		Re: turn a string value into variable name By: loebasboy on Wed, 29 October 2008 07:55
		Re: turn a string value into variable name By: David Fanning on Wed, 29 October 2008 06:34
		Re: turn a string value into variable name By: Vince Hradil on Wed, 29 October 2008 08:30

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