Stata failing to call global variable? -


the following simple thing doesn't work.

global inputfolder "c:\users\focus\google drive\1. hani and\raw data\2004"  cd $inputfolder

it says 

invalid syntax

but if 

global inputfolder "c:\users"  cd $inputfolder

then works. tried, among others, adding "="

global inputfolder="c:\users\focus\google drive\1. hani and\raw data\2004"

but didn't help.

what should make first thing work?

when write 

global inputfolder "c:\users\focus\google drive\1. hani and\raw data\2004" cd $inputfolder

stata substitutes global reference contents of global, cd sees 

cd c:\users\focus\google drive\1. hani and\raw data\2004

but spaces problematic. advice prominent in cd (see e.g. http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?cd):

if directory_name contains embedded spaces, remember enclose in double quotes.

hence need 

cd "$inputfolder"

note difference between copying string global , assigning string global indeed makes no difference here, problem entirely in feeding cd string can't understand.

on point of terminology, note global macros not regarded variables in stata. term reserved columns in dataset.


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