Re: st: Re: Temporary variables saved by accident

["Roger B. Newson" <r.newson@imperial.ac.uk>]

Yes, the temporary variables ARE dropped from the dataset in memory when 
the do-file stops executing. HOWEVER, they are not dropped from 
already-saved dataset files. This is not really surprising (I think), as 
it is probably not reasonable to expect Stata to modify and replace all 
disk-file datasets created over the execution of a do-file, as part of 
the termination sequence of the do-file.
You might like to do the saving between a -preserve- and a -restore-, or 
even to use the SSC package -subsave-, which saves subsets of variables.
I hope this helps.

Best wishes

Roger

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On 09/01/2013 15:52, Adrian Sayers wrote:
> Hi Billy,
>
> Honestly i would have thought temporary variables would be have more
> like local macros.
>
> Also the help file says they are dropped when the program or do file
> concludes .
>
> So if i save the file, clear the data set, why are they all not dropped,
> so when i re-open the file they should not be there. After all my do
> file did conclude.
>
> It just seems strange behaviour for temporary variables to be made
> permanent.
>
> bw
>
> A
>
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