This can't be the answer for Kimberly, unless
someone else created the .dta previously with Stata/SE,
as if the file is too big for her Stata how else can it exist?
Nick
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Joseph Coveney
> Kimberly Singer wrote:
>
> I am using Intercooled Stata 8, and am running into the
> problem of too many
> variables. The set is very large, but I only need about a
> quarter of the
> variables, but I cant drop any variables until stata reads them in and
> defines the variables. Is there a way to drop some variables
> before stata
> defines them? Upgrading to SE is not really an option.
>
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>
> In the excerpt from the on-line helpfile below, wouldn't the
> second -use-
> syntax work?
>
> Joseph Coveney
>
>
> use filename [, clear nolabel ]
>
> use [varlist] [if exp] [in range] using filename [, clear nolabel ]
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