-xpose- seems to object when the _varname variable contains the
string values v1, v2, ..., vN. For instance,
clear
set type double
set obs 10
g str1 _varname = ""
replace _varname = "v" + string(_n)
g myvar = _n
. list
_varname myvar
1. v1 1
2. v2 2
3. v3 3
4. v4 4
5. v5 5
6. v6 6
7. v7 7
8. v8 8
9. v9 9
10. v10 10
(the actual values of myvar are irrelevant, as long as myvar is a
numerical variable)
. xpose, clear
v1 already defined
r(110);
However, v1 appears only once within _varname. The only restriction on
the values of _varname is that they must be 'legal' names (right?) and
v1 is a perfectly legal name.
This situation arises since I must: 1) load data which does not
necessarily contain names for each variable (via -insheet-); 2)
transpose it once; 3) perform certain operations; and 4) transpose it
again. I cannot append a prefix or a suffix to the string values in
_varname since some may already be at the 32-character limit for names.
Pat Joly
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