Creating a Shortcode to invoke another shortcode

I’m trying to use Code Snippets to create a shortcode that invokes another shortcode. However, all it does is display the inner-shortcode instead of executing it. Is this possible using Code Snippets? Here is my code:

add_shortcode('list_docs', 'HOA_list_docs');
function HOA_list_docs( $atts, $content = null ) {
	$a = shortcode_atts( array(
		'category' => '',
		'item_width' => '45',
		'style' => 'sc-list'
	), $atts );
	$category   = $a['category'];
	$item_width = $a['item_width'];
	$style      = $a['style'];

  $my_shortcode = "";
  $basic_mla_value = <<<EOV
mla_gallery mla_style="$style" columns=1 attachment_category="$category" post_mime_type=application/pdf link=file mla_item_width="$item_width"
EOV
;
$my_shortcode = "[" . $basic_mla_value . "]";
return $my_shortcode;
}

And here is the output:

[mla_gallery mla_style="sc-list" columns=1 attachment_category="abcd efgh" post_mime_type=application/pdf link=file mla_item_width="45"]

Thanks … Jeff

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