[Gretl-users] Re: Gretl-users Digest, Vol 21, Issue 15
I should like to add my two pennies and say that expanding the 8
characters limit in variable names is an OUTSTANDING and long overdue
suggestion!
Even SPSS has gone to practically unlimited variable names in its latest
versions.
John Paravantis
University of Piraeus
The Variable name on the main Gretl window is limited up to 8
characters.
This somethimes causes problems with duplicate variable names.
For example you can have diffs, logs, sesonal adjustment and variable name
like dL_VARNAME_sa. This is already over the limit. The problem occurs when
importing data from other programs. Variable names are cut.
Is it possible to expand, in one of the next versions, the variable names
from 8 to 16 characters?
There will still be enough place for Descriptive label.
Thank you.
I agree. In fact, I'd make it 32 characters. I can't see any technical
impediment, except going through the code to double-check everything will
be tedious and error-prone.
Allin, your opinion? If you agree, I can start working on this in the
next days.
Riccardo `Jack' Lucchetti
Dipartimento di Economia
Università Politecnica delle Marche
jack(a)dea.unian.it
http://www.econ.univpm.it/lucchetti