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| From | John Luke Gallup <jlgallup@pdx.edu> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: transpose question |
| Date | Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:53:15 -0700 |
Once you work out the syntax to move data into Mata matrices, all the manipulation in Mata is _much_ easier than handling matrices in Stata. Stata's (and Mata's) matrix cross-product functions in many cases allows you to work with a K x K matrix, avoiding holding a larger K x N matrix. John On Jul 21, 2011, at 4:41 PM, Airey, David C wrote: > . > > Stata's data tables are limited to 32,767 variables. > > In Mata, matrices are limited only by the amount of memory on your computer. > > For very large row column transpose problem, do other users > break the data set into smaller pieces, transpose and then put it back > together in Stata? Or do you somehow use Mata? > > -Dave > > > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ > * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/