Maximum allowable covariates

Hi:

I am trying a list of covariates for running a regression.

Below is the code:

covariate_names <<-c("age","fem","hsize","T","T1","fem_T1","YOB","rural","t1","t2", "t3", "t4", "t5", "t6", "t7", "t8", "t9", "t10", "t11", "t12", "t13", "t14", "t15", "t16", "t17", "t18", "t19", "t20", "t21", "t22", "t23", "t24", "t25", "t26", "t27", "t28", "t29", "t30", "t31", "t32", "t33", "t34", "t35", "t36", "t37", "t38", "t39", "t40", "t41", "t42", "t43", "t44", "t45", "t46", "t47", "t48" ,"t49", "t50", "t51", "t52", "t53", "t54", "t55", "t56", "t57", "t58", "t59", "t60", "t61", "t62" ,"t63", "t64", "t65" ,"t66" ,"t67" ,"t68", "t69", "t70" ,"t71", "t72" ,"t73", "t74", "t75", "t76", "t77", "t78" ,"t79", "t80" ,"t81" ,"t82", "t83", "t84" ,"t85", "t86", "t87" ,"t88", "t89", "t90", "t91", "t92" ,"t93", "t94", "t95", "t96", "t97", "t98", "t99", "t100" ,"t101", "t102", "t103", "t104", "t105", "t106", "t107", "t108" ,"t109", "t110", "t111", "t112", "t113" ,"t114", "t115", "t116", "t117", "t118", "t119", "t120", "t121", "t122" ,"t123" ,"t124" ,"t125", "t126", "t127", "t128", "t129", "t130" ,"t131" ,"t132", "t133", "t134", "t135", "t136", "t137" ,"t138" ,"t139", "t140", "t141", "t142", "t143" ,"t144" ,"t145", "t146" ,"t147", "t148", "t149", "t150", "t151", "t152", "t153", "t154", "t155", "t156", "t157", "t158", "t159", "t160", "t161", "t162", "t163", "t164", "t165", "t166", "t167", "t168", "t169", "t170", "t171", "t172", "t173", "t174", "t175", "t176", "t177", "t178", "t179", "t180", "t181", "t182", "t183", "t184", "t185", "t186", "t187", "t188", "t189", "t190", "t191", "t192", "t193", "t194", "t195", "t196", "t197", "t198", "t199", "t200", "t201", "t202", "t203", "t204", "t205", "t206", "t207", "t208", "t209", "t210", "t211", "t212", "t213", "t214", "t215", "t216", "t217", "t218", "t219", "t220", "t221", "t222", "t223", "t224", "t225", "t226" ,"t227", "t228" ,"t229" ,"t230" ,"t231" ,"t232", "t233", "t234", "t235", "t236" ,"t237" ,"t238" ,"t239", "t240", "t241" ,"t242", "t243", "t244", "t245", "t246", "t247", "t248", "t249", "t250" ,"t251", "t252", "t253" ,"t254" ,"t255", "t256", "t257", "t258", "t259", "t260", "t261", "t262", "t263", "t264", "t265", "t266", "t267", "t268", "t269" ,"t270", "t271", "t272", "t273", "t274", "t275", "t276", "t277", "t278", "t279", "t280", "t281", "t282" ,"t283", "t284", "t285", "t286", "t287", "t288", "t289", "t290" ,"t291", "t292" ,"t293" ,"t294", "t295" ,"t296", "t297", "t298" ,"t299" ,"t300", "t301" ,"t302", "t303", "t304", "t305" ,"t306" ,"t307", "t308", "t309", "t310", "t311", "t312", "t313", "t314", "t315", "t316" ,"t317", "t318" ,"t319" ,"t320", "t321", "t322", "t323", "t324" ,"t325" ,"t326" ,"t327", "t328", "t329", "t330", "t331", "t332", "t333", "t334", "t335", "t336", "t337", "t338", "t339", "t340", "t341", "t342" ,"t343", "t344" ,"t345" ,"t346" ,"t347", "t348","t349","t350", "t351", "t352" ,"t353" ,"t354" ,"t355" ,"t356" ,"t357", "t358", "t359", "t360", "t361", "t362", "t363", "t364" ,"t365", "t366", "t367", "t368", "t369","t370", "t371", "t372", "t373", "t374", "t375" ,"t376" ,"t377", "t378", "t379", "t380" ,"t381" ,"t382" ,"t383" ,"t384", "t385", "t386", "t387", "t388" ,"t389", "t390", "t391", "t392" ,"t393", "t394" ,"t395" ,"t396", "t397", "t398", "t399", "t400", "t401" ,"t402", "t403", "t404", "t405", "t406" ,"t407", "t408", "t409", "t410", "t411", "t412", "t413", "t414", "t415", "t416", "t417", "t418", "t419", "t420", "t421", "t422", "t423", "t424", "t425", "t426", "t427", "t428", "t429" ,"t430" ,"t431", "t432", "t433" ,"t434", "t435" ,"t436", "t437", "t438", "t439" ,"t440", "t441" ,"t442", "t443", "t444", "t445" ,"t446" ,"t447", "t448" ,"t449" ,"t450" ,"t451" ,"t452", "t453" ,"t454", "t455", "t456", "t457" ,"t458", "t459" ,"t460", "t461" ,"t462" ,"t463", "t464" ,"t465" ,"t466" ,"t467", "t468", "t469", "t470", "t471", "t472", "t473", "t474", "t475", "t476", "t477", "t478", "t479", "t480", "t481", "t482", "t483", "t484" ,"t485" ,"t486", "t487" ,"t488", "t489", "t490", "t491", "t492", "t493" ,"t494" ,"t495", "t496", "t497", "t498", "t499", "t500", "t501", "t502", "t503", "t504", "t505", "t506", "t507", "t508" ,"t509" ,"t510" ,"t511", "t512" ,"t513", "t514", "t515", "t516","t517")

Problem is I can load up to 524 covariates in this manner. As soon as I load the last variable "t517", I get a + sign instead of > and my covariate_names is not saved. What am I doing wrong here?

Hi,

I can recreate your problem on my machine.

If I break the long line into smaller units (just press enter) then the problem goes away.

I am guessing this is a limit in Rstudio to how long a single line of code can be.

Hope it helps.

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Thanks! The problem is solved!

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