Sorry, should I think be
"`r(rf)'"
Nick
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of
> chris wallace
> Sent: 12 January 2004 11:39
> To: statalist
> Subject: Re: st: RE: file write a long string from an rclass program
>
>
> On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 10:35, Nick Cox wrote:
> > Same result if you put (`r(rf)') ??
>
> Not the same, but fails with the error
> 103 invalid name
> r(198);
>
> The only place 103 appears is at the end of the string, the final
> "words" of which are "... 0.000 0.103"
>
> > 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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