I don't think that macro length is the limiting factor. In Intercooled
Stata, you are allowed 67,784 characters in a macro. Maybe you could post
the relevant parts of your code.
Lee Sieswerda
> -----Original Message-----
> From: FEIVESON, ALAN H. (AL) (JSC-SD) (NASA)
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> Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 11:34 AM
> To: 'statalist'
> Subject: st: posting a long list
>
> Hello - I'm trying to use -postfile- to post a long list of names stored
> in
> a macro (I tried both local and global). When I try to build this macro by
> appending each name, one at a time, it refuses to exceed 80 characters in
> length.
>
> 1. Is there a way to make a macro longer than 80 characters?
>
> 2. Is there a way to use postfile to get around this, say by repeated
> postfile commands?
>
> Thanks
>
> Al Feiveson
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