Generate from global variables

[Martin Semmelberg]

Hi,
I define a global variables and use more then one variable. I want to generate a ratio of global variables. I get hit with a "invalid variable error message" .

global globvar1 var1 var2
global globvar2 var3 var4

gen globvarratio = $globvar1/ $globvar2


`invalid var2´

[Jared Greathouse]

loc a= 1
loc b=2
g c = `a'/`b'

global variables aren't a thing. Global macros are



Edit: you can do what I just did with globals too

[Nick Cox]

#1 is equivalent to

[COD
gen globvarratio = var1 var2/var3 var4

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What did you expect Stata to do there?