Re: st: Tests on sums of coefficients?

["Michael S. Hanson" <mshanson@wesleyan.edu>]

On Jul 12, 2004, at 2:51 PM, Nick Cox wrote:

> Be very careful here. As numerous threads bear
> witness, looping around
>
> local testsum = "`testsum'+`var'"
>
> will truncate your macro at some limit. It
> is much safer to copy, not evaluate:
>
> local testsum "`testsum'+`var'"
	Thanks for that suggestion -- it might help explain a problem I have 
seen cropping up with a similar construct.

	I had searched the archive for similar questions before posting the 
original question, but found none like you refer to.  I guess I had 
been looking the wrong way....

	Thanks again for taking the time to respond to what must be a FAQ.

                                        -- Mike

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