Maximum size limits |
Stata/BE
(Basic Edition) |
Stata/SE
(Standard Edition) |
Stata/MP
(Multi Processor Edition) |
# of observations (1) |
2,147,483,619 |
2,147,483,619 |
1,099,511,627,775 |
# of variables |
2,048 |
32,767 |
120,000 |
# of right hand side variables |
798 |
10,998 |
65,532 |
# characters in a command |
264,408 |
4,227,159 |
4,227,159 |
# of interacted continuous variables
# of interacted factor variables |
64
8 |
64
8 |
64
8 |
length of string in string expression (bytes) |
2,000,000,000 |
2,000,000,000 |
2,000,000,000 |
# of characters in a macro (2) |
264,392 |
4,227,143 |
15,480,200 |
length of a variable name (characters)
length of ado-command name (characters)
length of a global macro name (characters)
length of a local macro name (characters)
length of a str# variable (bytes)
length of a strL variable (bytes) |
32
32
32
31
2,045
2,000,000,000 |
32
32
32
31
2,045
2,000,000,000 |
32
32
32
31
2,045
2,000,000,000 |
frames (# of frames) |
100 |
100 |
100 |
import sas (# of variables) |
2,048 |
32,766 |
32,766 |
import spss (# of variables) |
2,048 |
32,766 |
32,766 |
infile
record length without dictionary
record length with a dictionary
|
none
524,275 |
none
524,275 |
none
524,275 |
infix
record length with a dictionary |
524,275 |
524,275 |
524,275 |
label
length of dataset label (characters)
length of variable label (characters)
length of value label string (bytes)
length of name of value label (characters)
# of codings within one value label
|
80
80
32,000
32
65,536 |
80
80
32,000
32
65,536 |
80
80
32,000
32
65,536 |
label language
# of different languages |
100 |
100 |
100 |
matrix (3)
dimension of single matrix |
800x800 |
11,000x11,000 |
65,534x65,534 |