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EXPANDIHLP: Stata module to expand the help file preprocessor directive for substituting repeated material in a given help file

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  • Sven-Kristjan Bormann

    (University of Tartu)

Programming Language

Stata

Abstract

expandihlp emulates the behaviour of the help viewer with regards to the help file preprocessor directive "INCLUDE help arg". The directives in a help file are searched for and replaced with actual content of the "arg.ihlp" file. The content can be written into a new help file or the original help file gets renamed, so that a new help file with the now expanded content exist, which has the same as the original help file. This tool is meant for programmers who want to use the same text about something like authorship, contact possibilities, etc. use in different help files without having to copy & paste the same text to all files. The "arg.ihlp" file would also usually needed to be included together with the actual help file. Instead it is enough place the INCLUDE-directive in the help file and process the help file with expandihlp.

Suggested Citation

  • Sven-Kristjan Bormann, 2018. "EXPANDIHLP: Stata module to expand the help file preprocessor directive for substituting repeated material in a given help file," Statistical Software Components S458575, Boston College Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:boc:bocode:s458575
    Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install expandihlp". The module is made available under terms of the GPL v3 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt). Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.
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    File URL: http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/e/expandihlp.ado
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    File URL: http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/e/expandihlp.dlg
    File Function: program code
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    File URL: http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/e/expandihlp.sthlp
    File Function: help file
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