There is no limit to r(varlist) that will bite you.
That is not the point. The point is that when you go
local macname = r(varlist)
there is a limit on the length of the macro named macname.
You can get round this by copying, not evaluating, as in
local macname "`r(varlist)'"
but my advice pivoted on the further point that you don't
need to use the macro in any case.
Nick
[email protected]
Daniel Becker
> Nick, thanks for your quick response.
>
> I am using stata 9.2 as well, on a mac, the intercooled version
>
> my workaround to this limit in r(varlist) was to first apply ds to
> all variables that are not string variables (I do not want to
> tabulate all string variables anyway..)
>
> So this worked
>
> quietly ds, not(type string);
> local AlleVariablen = r(varlist);
>
> foreach x of local AlleVariablen {;
> codebook `x', compact;
> tabulate `x';
> };
>
> Thanks for your code and your hint about help limits - I
> wasn't aware
> that I am doing things that make those limits relevant.
>
> Daniel
>
> PS: I posted to the list the first time. Doesn't the listserver send
> me my own message? I only saw Nick's responses coming in....
>
>
> Am 27.11.2006 um 01:04 schrieb Nick Cox:
>
> > I guess that your line
> >
> > local AlleVariablen = r(varlist)
> >
> > evaluated, not copied. Thus the limit on
> > the length of a string in a string expression
> > (see -help limits-) bit you.
> >
> > Actually, I am a bit puzzled, as in my version
> > of Stata, 9.2, -describe, simple- does not leave behind
> > r(varlist) -- contrary to [D] describe and your example.
> >
> > Anyway, your code can be slimmed down to cut the
> > middle macro:
> >
> > ds
> > foreach x of var * {
> > codebook `x', compact
> > tabulate `x'
> > }
> >
> > Nick
> > [email protected]
> >
> > Daniel Becker
> >
> >> I am trying to loop over all names of variables in the memory. to
> >> prepare for that, I want to prepare a local that lists all my
> >> variables. I thought that r(varlist) stores them, but, as you see
> >> below, the "descibe, simple" commmand gives me all my variables, it
> >> stores only a subset in r(varlist).
> >>
> >> Does anyone know why that happens?
> >>
> >> Thanks for any hint,
> >>
> >> daniel
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> #### from my do-file
> >>
> >> describe, simple;
> >> display r(varlist);
> >> local AlleVariablen = r(varlist);
> >> display "Im local AlleVariablen steht: " "`AlleVariablen'";
> >>
> >> foreach x of local AlleVariablen {;
> >> codebook `x',compact;
> >> tabulate `x';
> >> };
> >>
> >>
> >> #### stata-output from the log
> >>> describe, simple;
> >> res_id B6 B15 B24 C5_1
> >> E4_sonst F5_konkret
> >> start B7 B16 B25 C5_2
> >> E5 F6
> >> ende - B8 B16_andere B26 C5_3
> >> E6 F6_konkret
> >> A1 B9_1 B17 C1 D1
> >> E7 F7
> >> A2 B9_2 B17_sonst C2 D1_andere
> >> E8 F7_konkret
> >> A2_sonst B10 B18 C3_1 D2
> >> E9 G1
> >> A3 B10_konkret B18_sonst C3_2 D3
> >> E10 G2
> >> A4 B11 B19 C3_3 D4
> >> E10_andere G3
> >> B1 B11_sonst B20 C3_4 E1
> >> E11 A1_erstf
> >> B2 B12 B20_konkret C4_1 E1_sonst
> >> F1 A1_zweitf
> >> B3 B12_sonst B21 C4_2 E2 F2
> >> B4 B13 B21_sonst C4_3 E2_konkret F3
> >> B5 B13_mehr B22 C4_4 E3 F4
> >> B5_sonst B14 B23 C4_5 E4 F5
> >>
> >> display r(varlist);
> >> res_id start ende A1 A2 A2_sonst A3 A4 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5
> B5_sonst B6 B7
> >> B8 B9_1 B9_2 B10 B10_konkret B11 B11_son
> >>> st B12 B12_sonst B13 B13_mehr B14 B15 B16 B16_andere B17
> >> B17_sonst
> >> B18 B18_sonst B19 B20 B20_konkret B21 B2
> >>> 1_sonst B22 B23 B24 B25 B26
> >>
> >> #### the variables C1 ... D1 ... etc are missing in r(varlist)
> >>
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