Re: st: a question about loop and local marco name

[Richard Williams <Richard.A.Williams.5@ND.edu>]

At 03:20 PM 1/26/2006, Jian Zhang wrote:
> It turns out that this time it works with AND without an equal sign in
> the local marco command.  I am really confused.  Is there any explanation
> why STATA does this?  Is there a general rule for using equal sign or not
> in the local marco command?
>
> Thank you very much!
>
> Jian Zhang
What Stata are you using?  As pointed out on p. 202 of the Stata 9 
users Guide,  if you use the = sign, strings are limited to 244 
characters in Stata/SE and 80 characters in Intercooled and Small 
Stata.  Your string is more than 80 characters.  If you skip the 
equals sign, you can go several thousand characters (how much depends 
on what Stata you have.)  So, it is better to not use the equals sign.


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