st: Re: length of string variable

From	Kit Baum <[email protected]>
To	[email protected]
Subject	st: Re: length of string variable
Date	Sun, 1 May 2005 19:03:41 -0400

Michael asks
Is there any way to extend the allowable length of a string field beyond 80 characters?

Yes; help limits shows that Stata/SE allows 244-byte strings.

Kit Baum, Boston College Economics
http://ideas.repec.org/e/pba1.html

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