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st: Why is in memory size different?


From   Nic Man <[email protected]>
To   "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject   st: Why is in memory size different?
Date   Thu, 16 Jan 2014 10:52:08 +1100

Hi everyone,
I am trying to figure out why the reported size is different for my Stata data files (same for a few other files that I tested, big and small). I am using Stata MP 12.1 on Windows.

. use T:\Stata\PIFH.dta

. desc, short

Contains data from T:\Stata\PIFH.dta
  obs:        42,664                          
 vars:           903                          30 Aug 2013 09:12
 size:    39,848,176                          
Sorted by:  

. desc using T:\Stata\PIFH.dta , short

Contains data                                 
  obs:        42,664                          30 Aug 2013 09:12
 vars:           903                          
 size:    40,018,832                          
Sorted by:  

Regards,
Nicola 		 	   		  
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