Calling a program whose name is a local

[Michele Scotto]

Hi all,

My question is quite straightforward I guess but I did not find any answer on the web.

Let's say I create a program:

capture program drop myprogram
program define myprogram
    *do my things here*
end

Then, I can simply call it subsequently by typing

myprogram

and it works fine. My question is: is it possible to do something like this below and get the program work?:

local myprogramname = myprogram
`myprogramname'

Thanks in advance for your help.

Best,

Michele

[Jorrit Gosens]

capture program drop myprogram
program define myprogram
    sysuse auto,clear
end

local myprogramname "myprogram"
`myprogramname'

Because your asking the local to be a string of text, not the name of a variable.

[Michele Scotto]

Thanks a lot Jorrit. It worked indeed.

Best,

Michele