st: Maximum length of macros

["F. Michael Kunz" <kunzf@musc.edu>]

Dear Statalisters:

How many characters can a local or a global store? I need to store a 
variable list in a macro and it is being truncated after the 12 
character. Changing from local to global is not of any help nor is using 
double quotes (have tried). Can anyone give me some advice on how to 
handle this problem?

Thanks!

Code:

. local w = "pop young old male MSA countyhospice pctblack pctrural 
pctold charscore ipdays opdays tot_hos oppaid totalpaid"
. local z: word count `w'
. display `z'
12
. display "`w'"
pop young old male MSA countyhospice pctblack pctrural pctold charscore 
ipdays op







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F. Michael Kunz, M.A.
Senior Research Associate
Center for Health Economic and Policy Studies

Medical University of South Carolina
Department of Health Administration and Policy
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E-mail: kunzf@musc.edu
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