So long as your macros don't exceed 244 characters in length.
Nick
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Philipp Rehm
True.
How about forcing it into a (string) variable? Even more tedious, but
perhaps a way to do it.
Ph
Nick Cox wrote:
> A matrix could not be used for macros with string content. (Strictly,
> all macros are strings, but clearly some have numeric content.)
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
> Philipp Rehm
>
> I think that's what do-files are for.
>
> Nevertheless: how about building up a matrix which contains the local
> macros you encounter, which you then save into a variable? You could
> then recover the local macros with -levelsof-, for example.
>
> But I guess a do-file is the more straightforward approach...
>
>
> Ashim Kapoor wrote:
>> I somehow feel that you can save local macros in a way other than
>> using -notes- can you ??
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