OK. What you want should be possible without
changes in Stata. The limit on string variables
is irrelevant here.
Is the number of sublists (separated
by commas) predictable in advance?
Nick
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of
> Michael Ingre
> Sent: 08 January 2004 11:55
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: st: RE: Long arguments passed to programs
>
>
> Nick Cox:
> > First, and perhaps perversely, I'd recommend something
> > different. Why insist on commas? Why not recommend
> > a space-separated list?
>
> I agree with space separated lists and that is what I will
> have, however I
> would like to be able accept several different lists each
> separated by a
> comma sign as a single argument:
>
> . longarguments arguments( arg1_list1 arg2_list1 arg3_list1
> , arg1_list2 ///
> . arg2_list2 arg3_list2 , arg1_list3 , arg1_list4
> arg2_list4 arg3_list4 ///
> . arg4_list4 arg5_list4 ar6_list4 )
>
> The thing is, the limit of 244 characters for a string
> variable is on the
> margin for me. I would like to be able to accept longer
> lists (up to around
> 1000 characters) for a single argument.
>
> > Second, see help on -limits- or [R] limits.
>
> Thanks Nick. That was exactly what I was looking for. The
> limit of 1,081,511
> characters in a macro is well beyond my need!
>
> It would be perfect for me if there was a way to pass the
> argument list
> described above directly into a macro, avoiding the limit of string
> variables. An -optional_namelist- that accepted a comma
> sign (or another
> list delimiter however, comma signs are intuitive) as an
> element would be
> perfect.
>
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