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st: RE: file write a long string from an rclass program


From   "Nick Cox" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   st: RE: file write a long string from an rclass program
Date   Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:35:19 -0000

Same result if you put (`r(rf)') ??

Nick 
[email protected] 

chris wallace
 
> I have an rclass program which returns a long string in 
> r(rf).  I want
> to write this string to a file.  I can do this using 
> . file write `FH' (r(rf)) _n
> when the string is not too long, but it is truncated when 
> it exceeds 244
> characters due to stata's limit on strings.
> 
> So, is there an alternative method to either:
> - return the long string in a different way so it is more 
> usable in file
> write
> or
> - call file write differently so r(rf) doesn't get 
> evaluated (which is
> when the truncation occurs)?

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