Re: st: posting a long list

[Antoine Terracol <Antoine.Terracol@univ-paris1.fr>]

Hello,
I've been trapped by the "80 chars limit" many times before learning the 
trick.
You must append each name to the existing macro without the "=" sign:

local list ""
local i=1
while `i'<=100 {
                       local list "`list' `i'" <<< no "=" sign
                       local i=`i'+1
                       }

di "`list'"

Hope this helps,
Antoine

FEIVESON, ALAN H. (AL) (JSC-SD) (NASA) wrote:


> Hello - I'm trying to use -postfile- to post a long list of names stored in
> a macro (I tried both local and global). When I try to build this macro by
> appending each name, one at a time, it refuses to exceed 80 characters in
> length. 
> 1. Is there a way to make a macro longer than 80 characters?
>
> 2. Is there a way to use postfile to get around this, say by repeated
> postfile commands?
>
> Thanks
>
> Al Feiveson
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