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Re: st: max number of variables in Stata IC/11.1


From   Maarten Buis <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: max number of variables in Stata IC/11.1
Date   Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:30:21 +0100

I can imagine that -nlsur- would have to create less temporary
variables if you code linear combination like -{xb:var1 var2 var3}-
instead of -{xb_var1}*var1 + {xb_var2}*var2 + {xb_var3}*var3-. I don't
know if this statement is true, but I could imagine it is.

-- Maarten


On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Ivica Rubil <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> here's the problem: I'm trying to run -nlsur- with 12 equations, same 34
> regressors in each, and 354 coefficients to be estimated. When I run it,
> Stata returns the following error message:
>
> no room to add more variables
>    An attempt was made to add a variable that would have resulted in
> more than 2048 or 2047 variables (Stata reserves one variable
>    for its own use).  You have the following alternatives:
>
>     1.  Drop some variables; see help drop.
>
>     2.  If you are using Stata/SE, increase maxvar; see help maxvar.
> r(900);
>
> I'm using Stata IC/11.1 which, as far as I'm aware, accepts more
> variables than I actually have (46 = 34 regressors + 12 dep. var.), plus
> I have compressed (-compress-) all of them.
>
> Please, help.
>
> Thanks,
> ivica
>
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Institut fuer Soziologie
Universitaet Tuebingen
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Germany


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