I use -listtex- from SSC to save tables in tab-delimited text files
and would like to add the complete variable labels with the
headline() option. My labels are quite long and I am hitting some
limit of -listtex- or the Windows operating system. After a certain
number of characters (this number varies from 400 to 500 in my
experience), the headline is broken and text that follows is listed
on additional lines with one to two words per line. You can reproduce
the problem with the code below; in that case the headline is broken
after 502 characters on my computer.
The solution is of course to abbreviate the variable labels. I am
writing to the list in the hope that someone can explain this limit
and describe a way around it. Thank you.
Friedrich Huebler
#delimit ;
sysuse auto, clear;
local i = 1;
foreach var of varlist make-foreign {;
local lab`i' : variable label `var';
local lab`i' "`lab`i'' `lab`i'' `lab`i'' `lab`i''";
local i = `i' + 1;
};
local tab = char(9);
listtex make-foreign using "table.txt",
head("`lab1'`tab'`lab2'`tab'`lab3'`tab'`lab4'`tab'`lab5'`tab'`lab6'`tab'`lab7'`tab'`lab8'`tab'`lab9'`tab'`lab10'`tab'`lab11'`tab'`lab12'")
rstyle(tabdelim) replace;
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