st: RE: AW: maximum number of characters in do file

["Ploutz-Snyder, Robert (JSC-SK)[USRA]" <robert.ploutz-snyder-1@nasa.gov>]

TextPad is pretty nice because if you also grab the syntax file, it will color-code Stata commands that you type into it as you build your do files, helping you "see" many of your errors instantaneously.  

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From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Martin Weiss
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 4:08 PM
To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
Subject: st: AW: maximum number of characters in do file


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Third party software can easily take care of such problems, see

http://mysite.verizon.net/huebler/2008/20080427-stata.html
 
and

http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/t/textEditors.html



HTH
Martin

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[mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] Im Auftrag von Rodrigo Briceño
Gesendet: Dienstag, 24. März 2009 21:41
An: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
Betreff: st: maximum number of characters in do file

Dear Stata listers.
Background: Stata 9, Windows Vista.

I am trying to make a do file that will define the values for 5820
health care providers. I did the syntax in excel in order to have the
proper format (quotation marks and numbers associated to names), but
when I tried to paste into the do file a message appeared informing me
that: "You will exceed the maximum number of characters that the
do-file editor can hold (131071 bytes) if text is pasted"

I looked in google for similar questions to the stata list and some
solution provided was to use notepad, but using this I got the error:
input too long.

I'm hoping that my question is very well written and formulated in
order to get a proper response from any of you. Thanks.!

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