Nick Cox:
> First, and perhaps perversely, I'd recommend something
> different. Why insist on commas? Why not recommend
> a space-separated list?
I agree with space separated lists and that is what I will have, however I
would like to be able accept several different lists each separated by a
comma sign as a single argument:
. longarguments arguments( arg1_list1 arg2_list1 arg3_list1 , arg1_list2 ///
. arg2_list2 arg3_list2 , arg1_list3 , arg1_list4 arg2_list4 arg3_list4 ///
. arg4_list4 arg5_list4 ar6_list4 )
The thing is, the limit of 244 characters for a string variable is on the
margin for me. I would like to be able to accept longer lists (up to around
1000 characters) for a single argument.
> Second, see help on -limits- or [R] limits.
Thanks Nick. That was exactly what I was looking for. The limit of 1,081,511
characters in a macro is well beyond my need!
It would be perfect for me if there was a way to pass the argument list
described above directly into a macro, avoiding the limit of string
variables. An -optional_namelist- that accepted a comma sign (or another
list delimiter however, comma signs are intuitive) as an element would be
perfect.
Michael
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PhD-student
Department of Psychology
Stockholm University &
National Institute for
Psychosocial Medicine
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