No. Taking your question backwards from the end, the -split- command
itself can only work on single variables at a time, and the same 244
chars limit bites just as hard.
Your problem is clearer this way, but I can't see an alternative to
working with several variables simultaneously, or indeed why you think
that's so bad.
There is no practical limit to concatenating string variables' values
into a macro, and working on those macros, but I am not sure you are
going to be much better off.
Nick
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David Torres
I'd like to create a separate variable for all of the values attached
to each individual in my data, which are now only recorded in a single
variable. That is, there is one string that includes info at time1,
time2, time3, and so on--separated by a space only. Some individuals
have strings that exceed the variable space. I understand the issue
there. I have tried separating out the times in my code, but it gets
a bit cumbersome. I am simply hoping that there is a way to call the
values attached to an individual without needing to first have a
variable with the information stored. Can I not create another place
to store the values, or rather strings, and then get what I want by
using the split command.
id school city 'waisscores'
1 Temple Philly 'HighNormal Borderline .... Dull'
2 UMich Ann Arbor '.............'
3
.
.
.
400
For those who have scores that exceed available space, some of the
information is lost when the split command is used. Can I get around
this given that the values are certainly in memory and are connected
to the individuals who earned them?
I hope that was clearer.
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