program define fvartest, rclass syntax [varlist(fv)] display "`varlist'" end program define vartest, rclass syntax [varlist] display "`varlist'" end sysuse auto, clear reg price rep78##c.weight local testlist: colnames e(b) local testlist: subinstr local testlist "_cons" "" di "`testlist'" fvartest `testlist' vartest `testlist' // errors out