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st: AW: variable label length limit


From   "Martin Weiss" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   st: AW: variable label length limit
Date   Sun, 7 Feb 2010 18:44:09 +0100

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Have you thought about attaching -notes- to your variables?


HTH
Martin

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Von: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Marcus L Britton
Gesendet: Sonntag, 7. Februar 2010 18:41
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Betreff: st: variable label length limit

Is there anyway around the 80-character limit for variable labels (I'm using Stata SE, version 10)?  I know people have posted this question to the list before (5-7 years ago), but I'm hoping someone has figured out a work around in the meantime.  My issue is that I sometimes work with both students and colleagues who use SPSS and sometimes come across SPSS files that have lengthy variable names (e.g., the full text of a survey question) that can easily extend to twice or more the maximum number of characters supported by Stata--this information gets lost when using StatTransfer to convert from Stata to SPSS.

Thanks,
Marcus Britton

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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
P.O. Box 413
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