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Re: st: References for `= foo'
From
Wayne Folta <[email protected]>
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Subject
Re: st: References for `= foo'
Date
Tue, 30 Jul 2013 16:55:36 -0400
> If there is a function or a reference to a variable in the dataset
> that you want to get evaluated, you place '=' in front. Be careful
> with strings as string expressions are subject to a rather low chars
> limit (not sure about Stata 13).
It appears that it's longer than in the past. In Stat/IC 13 I just created a local macro using = and not using = that was 1700 characters long in both cases. If I did this correctly, this is a huge improvement!
Not sure which limit is applicable, but my Stata 13 shows:
small IC SE/MP
# of characters in a macro (2) 13,400 165,200 1,081,511
length of a str# variable 2,045 2,045 2,045
Wayne
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