[Gretl-devel] environment variables in gretl script

[Allin Cottrell]

On Thu, 12 Apr 2007, Allin Cottrell wrote:

> > ? string jojo = "@userdir"
> > Syntax error in command line
> > ? string jojo = @userdir
> > Syntax error in command line ...
> 
> > Bug or feature?
> 
> Bug, I'd say.

To be more precise, only the first of the above is expected to 
work, since a string literal needs quotes around it.  The odd 
thing is that here it _does_work:

? string jojo = "@userdir"
Saved string as 'jojo'
? print "@jojo"
/home/cottrell/gretl/

Allin.