From a35e114625bc282eedb7326e9d3ac525cf7a5690 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johannes Pfeifer <jpfeifer@gmx.de>
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2022 19:21:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Manual: document passing of strings to macro processor
Closes #1877
---
doc/manual/source/running-dynare.rst | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/manual/source/running-dynare.rst b/doc/manual/source/running-dynare.rst
index 5d89cf6ff3..64e55c1c53 100644
--- a/doc/manual/source/running-dynare.rst
+++ b/doc/manual/source/running-dynare.rst
@@ -373,7 +373,9 @@ by the ``dynare`` command.
info on passing a ``MACRO_EXPRESSION`` argument containing spaces. Note
that an expression passed on the command line can reference variables
defined before it. If ``MACRO_EXPRESSION`` is omitted, the variable is
- assigned the ``true`` logical value.
+ assigned the ``true`` logical value. Strings assigned to a macro variable
+ need to be enclosed in double quoted strings. This also allows for passing
+ single quotes within the strings.
*Example*
@@ -381,7 +383,7 @@ by the ``dynare`` command.
.. code-block:: matlab
- >> dynare <<modfile.mod>> -DA=true '-DB="A string with space"' -DC=[1,2,3] '-DD=[ i in C when i > 1 ]' -DE
+ >> dynare <<modfile.mod>> -DA=true '-DB="A string with space"' -DC=[1,2,3] '-DD=[ i in C when i > 1 ]' -DE -Ddatafile_name="'my_data_file.mat'"
.. option:: -I<<path>>
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