Evaluating macros containing '

[Niels Henrik Bruun]

Hi
I stumbled on to something peculiar in Stata.
Let's say that I have created a folder named "C:\nhb's folder", note that ' is part of the name of the folder.

If I want to see all files in that folder I'll use the extended Stata function dir:

. di `"`: dir "C:\nhb's folder" dir "*"'"'
invalid syntax
s folder" dir "*'

But as seen above `: dir "C:\nhb' is evaluated giving the error and the rest "s folder" is displayed.

Is there a workaround for this?

Looking forward to hear from you

PS I have tried using \' for escaping the problem without any luck

[daniel klein]

Any reason not to split this, i.e. avoid the in-line evaluation?

local foo : dir "c:/nhb's folder" dir "*"
code referring to foo

Best
Daniel

[Niels Henrik Bruun]

Hi
That works, thank you.
However, I thought that this was a Stata problem.
But it is actually a Mata problem.
Consider this post answered.
I'll start a new in the Mata forum

Once again, thank you very much