I suspect your linesize is set too small to display the entire length. The
macro still contains the entire list just the display is truncated.
For example:
. sysuse auto,clear
(1978 Automobile Data)
. ds
make mpg headroom weight turn
gear_ratio
price rep78 trunk length displacement
foreign
. set linesize 109
. ret list
macros:
r(varlist) : "make price mpg rep78 headroom trunk weight length
turn displacement gear_ratio f.."
. local a "`r(varlist)'"
. foreach l of local a {
2. disp "`l'"
3. }
make
price
mpg
rep78
headroom
trunk
weight
length
turn
displacement
gear_ratio
foreign
. set linesize 152
. ret list
macros:
r(varlist) : "make price mpg rep78 headroom trunk weight length
turn displacement gear_ratio foreign"
Scott
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:owner-
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Adama Konseiga
> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 8:37 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: st: RE: problem with describe and r(varlist)
>
> Dear all,
> I would like to follow on this discussion and point out an old feature
> of the command -ds- that I'm missing with Stata 9.2.
> Running -ds- followed by a -ret list- used to display my list of
> variables in extenso but as shown below, the macro -r(varlist)- is now
> shortened: f.."
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