String with first and last observation?

[tvonbrasch]

Hi

I want to make an annual workpage starting in the first year of the quarterly workpage and ending in the last year of the same quarterly workpage.

The following code works:

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   genr _auxyear=@year 'lager hjelpeserie
   %first = @left(_auxyear.@first,4)
   %last = @left(_auxyear.@last,4)
   pagecreate(page=a) a {%first} {%last}

but is not efficient. How can this be done in a better way (without creating the auxiliary series)?
Thomas

[EViews Gareth]

You can create an annual page specifying the dates including quarters, so, if you can do something as simple as:

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smpl @all
%dates = @pagesmpl
pagecreate a {%dates}


[tvonbrasch]

Perfect, thank you Gareth!
Thomas