Hi I am having a minor problem when I run Stata pertaining to how it
uses RAM that I wish to query about. This would not have been a
problem had I not been working with rather large tables and so end up
with little free RAM.
As a background note: I use an up to date Windows Vista Ultimate,
Stata/MP 10.1 on a Intel Core2 processor having 2 GB RAM and automatic
page file size.
The profile.do invokes the following commands:
set maxvar 2048
set matsize 100
set memory 1000M
set virtual off
When I start up Stata the computer uses 32 percent of available RAM.
I then run a session of code where I essentially loads different
tables, modifies them and merges them. I do not use any non-native
ados. (See code below). When i run this session the computer uses up
to 95-100 percent RAM. Note that the code is still in development and
so I restrict loops and so on to just a few years.
After the session is finished the computer still uses 80 percent and
the computer feels rather unresponsive. To come to gripps with the
problem I have added the commands "clear all" and discard without
significant effect.
If I choose to close and restart Stata I again come back to the
original state where it just uses 32 percent RAM.
Does somebody have an inkling about what goes on and can somebody
suggest a remedy. . .
/Joachim
And yes, here is the code:
************ Beginning of code ********************
local beginTime = c(current_time)
display in yellow "Program start at `beginTime' on $S_DATE"
clear
use us_actg_data
quietly: summarize year
local minYear = 1995 + 1 // + 1 since first year BS data is used for sorting
local maxYear = 1997
local i = `minYear'
preserve
local size = "S"
local bmGroups = "H L M"
foreach x of local size ///
{
foreach y of local bmGroups ///
{
while `i' <= `maxYear' ///
{
tempfile `x'`y'`i'id `x'`y'`i'data
display in yellow "Selection based on `x' and `y'"
drop if year != `i'
drop if SMB != "`x'"
drop if HML != "`y'"
quietly summarize WC08001
return list
generate double totalMC = r(sum)
generate double weightMC = WC08001 / r(sum)
drop WC* BM PE totalMC
// save ``x'`y'`i'id' not really necessary
joinby dscd using us_data_ret
rename year actgYear
label variable actgYear "Year for sort"
generate int riYear = yofd(date)
format riYear %ty
label variable riYear "Year for Total Return Index"
drop if riYear != `i' + 1 // Market data AFTER sorting on size and bmGroups
label data "Total Return for sort on `x' & `y' in `i'"
generate double portfolio`x'`y'totalreturn = totalReturn * weightMC
sort date
by date: egen double tpr = total( portfolio`x'`y'totalreturn )
label variable tpr "Total Portfolio Return"
drop dscd actgYear SMB HML weightMC id ///
riYear totalReturn portfolio`x'`y'totalreturn
duplicates drop
tsset date, daily delta(7)
save Temp`x'`y'`i'data, replace
display in yellow "Done with `i' for `x' & `y' at $S_TIME, $S_DATE."
if `i' == `maxYear' ///
{
display "Time to merge portfolio returns for `x'`y' portfolio."
}
local ++i
restore, preserve
}
local i = `minYear'
display in yellow "Done with `y'. Time $S_TIME at $S_DATE"
}
// Find arithmetic average for SH SM SL
display in yellow "Done with `x'. Time $S_TIME at $S_DATE"
}
local endTime = c(current_time)
display in yellow "Program began at `beginTime' and ended at `endTime'
on $S_DATE."
clear all
discard
************* End of code****************
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