alternatively, you can also use SET MEXPAND = OFF just
prior to the text and SET MEXPAND = ON after it. But
/* this */ is generally nicer.
--- David Wasserman <
[hidden email]> wrote:
> Use the /* your comment here */ comment demarcation
> to avoid expansion of
> macros within comments.
>
> David Wasserman
> Custom Data Analysis and SPSS Programming
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Hitchin" <
[hidden email]>
> To: <
[hidden email]>
> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 2:13 PM
> Subject: SPSS comments expanded into macros
>
>
> > It appears that if the name of a macro appears in
> a comment, then
> > although the comment begins with a * and ends with
> a period, the macro
> > is nevertheless expanded.
> >
> > Is there any way to avoid this?
> >
> > David Hitchin
> >
>
Cheers!
Albert-Jan
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