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>
> I am using the great vallist.ado in order to read out all variable
> values to use in a loop. However, when I try to save it in my own
> local macro, rather than the result macro, the resulting macro is
> truncated.
>
> How can I generate a local macro that stores all the values from
> r(list)?
> > vallist _t
> > 13240 13270 13301 13331 13362 13393 13423 13454 13484 13515 13546
> > 13574 13605 13635 13666 13696 13727 13758 13788 13819 >
> 13849 13880
> > 13911 13939 13970 14000 14031 14061 14092 14123 14153 14184 14214
> > 14245 14276 14304 14335 14365 14396 1442 > 6 14457 14488
> 14518 14549
> > 14579 14610
> >
> > . local mylist="`r(list)'"
> >
> > . di "`r(list)'"
> > 13240 13270 13301 13331 13362 13393 13423 13454 13484 13515 13546
> > 13574 13605 13635 13666 13696 13727 13758 13788 13819 >
> 13849 13880
> > 13911 13939 13970 14000 14031 14061 14092 14123 14153 14184 14214
> > 14245 14276 14304 14335 14365 14396 1442 > 6 14457 14488
> 14518 14549
> > 14579 14610
> >
> > . di "`mylist'"
> > 13240 13270 13301 13331 13362 13393 13423 13454 13484 13515 13546
> > 13574 13605 136
>
Ben has answered his own question, which is
a matter of limits (see [R] limits).
However, please note that -vallist- is
considered to be superseded by -levels-
so long as you have 7. At least, that
is the view of the author of -levels-
and of the author of -vallist-.
Nick
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