st: too many macros

["ali hashemi" <hashemi@vt.edu>]

Dear list members,

Is there any limit on the number of macros that can be defined in a program?
I am using local macros to read the regressors in the varlist. Here is the
syntax:

program prog
syntax varlist
local N: word count `varlist'
gettoken lhs rhs: varlist
forval i=1/`N' {
	local x`i' : word `i' of `rhs'
	}
...
end


The above code works fine when the number of variables in the varlist is
less than 18. However, in my case I have at least 400 variables in the
varlist and I get this error message: "too many macros"

Is there anything wrong with the above code that causes this problem? If
there is a limit for the number of macros defined in the program how can I
call the regressors in the varlist?


Your help is very much appreciated
Best,
Ali

 


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