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Thanks Gareth. It's not the end of the world, and I know mnemonics should be kept short, but I'd love to see an increase of the limit at the next release.

Cheers,
Jim

Hi, I have looked through the documentation and forums, but I can't find a discussion of whether there is a maximum length for series names. I am importing data from the csv output of a large CGE model. Unfortunately, the model spits out its variable names without consideration of length--and Eviews...

Thanks Gareth!

Hi all,

I have a string containing the variable names of a large number series. I would like to sum these series with each other, to arrive at a total level of output. Is there a way to sum over a string list?

Cheers,
Jim

I thought I'd post my solution to the problem. I'm sure there are likely more parsimonious ways to do it, but this works nicely: for %for 5206A10D 5206B10D 5206C10D 5206hist 5302A10D 5302B10D 5302hist 6354A10D 562510D cap_curr cap_hst1 cap_hst2 chain MDB1210 MONEY10D nfc WCID10D %forwk1 = %for + &qu...

Many thanks!

Also-- sorry, I named the post wrong. It should be "copy lag problem"

Hi Gareth,

I have attached a small programme and wk1 file to demonstrate the problem.

Best,
Jim

Hi there, I have a small problem with the pagecopy command. I am opening a sequence of .wk1 files using the wfopen command, then copying their contents to a workfile called comparison_1. However, all series are jumping forward one period once I apply the copy command. I have checked the series in ea...