Local macro based on another local macro

[Jad Tamimi]

Hello I have a local macro containing values 10 20 30 40 50

I want to create another local macro that contains the values based on this macro above but only for the first x values, so x= 4 this new macro would contain values 10 20 30 40.

local test 10 20 30 40 50 
display "`test'"

* create new macro based on previous macro values

Please could you assist me. Thanks, Jad.

[Clyde Schechter]

local test 10 20 30 40 50
local x 4

local new_macro
forvalues i = 1/`x' {
    local new_macro `new_macro' `:word `i' of `test''
}

display `"`new_macro'"'

[Nick Cox]

Also

local test 10 20 30 40 50 

tokenize "`test'"

local wanted `1' `2' `3' `4'

[Jad Tamimi]

Thanks!