{smcl} {* 28aug2001}{...} {hline} help for {hi:charto6} {hline} {title:Drop characteristics with names too long for saving to Stata 6} {p 8 16}{cmd:charto6} {title:Description} {p}{cmd:charto6} drops characteristics whose names are too long to save to Stata 6, that is, those with names more than 8 characters long. {p}Users should consider issuing {cmd:save} to save data sets in Stata 7 format, including characteristics with names too long to save to Stata 6, before issuing {cmd:charto6} prior to attempting to {cmd:save, old}. Naturally this also applies when other changes are made, for example, changing variable names which are too long. {title:Examples} {p 4 8}{inp:. charto6} {title:Author} Nicholas J. Cox, University of Durham, U.K. n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk {title:Also see} {p 0 19}On-line: help for {help char} {p_end}