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From | David Kantor <kantor.d@att.net> |
To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
Subject | Re: st: truncation with -word- function |
Date | Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:01:04 -0500 |
Wow. Of course. I should have known. Thanks so much. --David At 12:47 PM 12/16/2011, Matthew White wrote:
Hi David, local word20 : word 20 of `zzz' See -help extended_fcn-. Also see [U] 18.3.4 and: SJ-8-4 pr0045 . . . . . . . . Stata tip 70: Beware the evaluating equal sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N. J. Cox Q4/08 SJ 8(4):586--587 (no commands) tip explaining the pitfall of losing content in a macro because of limits on the length of string expressions Best, Matt On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 12:40 PM, David Kantor <kantor.d@att.net> wrote: > Hello, > I have encountered a problem with the -word- function. > Suppose zzz is a macro containing a long list of names. An expressions such > as > word("`zzz'", 20) > cuts off after the 245th character of `zzz'. > Does anyone know of a way around this? > I use Stata 10. > > Thanks > --David [...] -- Matthew White Data Coordinator Innovations for Poverty Action 101 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06510 USA +1 434-305-9861 www.poverty-action.org
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