matlist and rspec

[Andrzej Niemierko]

Is there a way to use a local macro to specify the number of rows when displaying a matrix using matlist and rspec option?
For example, instead of

matlist Stats, rowtitle(Variables) cspec(o2& %24s | %9.0f & %9.2f & %9.2f o2&) rspec(&-&&&&&&&&&&&)

using a local macro to specify the number (11 in this case) of "&"s following the line separator in the rspec option?

[William Lisowski]

. local n 11

. local ands = `n'*"&"

. local rs r-`ands'

. display "rspec(`rs')"
rspec(r-&&&&&&&&&&&)

[daniel klein]

You could also use the extend function display. William's approach is more general, though.

local n 11
local rspec : display "rspec(r-" _dup(`n') "&" ")"

Best
Daniel

[Andrzej Niemierko]

Thank you William and Daniel. It works!