*! NJC 1.1.0 7 June 2000
* NJC 1.0.0 25 Jan 2000
program define vectlist, rclass
        version 6.0
	gettoken A 0 : 0, parse(" ,")

	capture local nc = colsof(matrix(`A'))
        if _rc {
                di in r "matrix `A' not found"
                exit 111
        }

	local nr = rowsof(matrix(`A'))

	if `nc' > 1 & `nr' > 1 {
		di in r "`A' not a vector"
		exit 498
	}

	syntax [ , Noisily Global(str) ]

	if length("`global'") > 8 {
		di in r "global name must be <=8 characters"
		exit 198
	}

	local isrow = `nr' == 1
	local i = 1

	if `isrow' {
		while `i' <= `nc' {
			local val = `A'[1, `i']
			local newlist "`newlist'`val' "
			local i = `i' + 1
		}
	}
	else {
		while `i' <= `nr' {
			local val = `A'[`i', 1]
			local newlist "`newlist'`val' "
			local i = `i' + 1
		}
	}

	if "`noisily'" != "" { di "`newlist'" }
	if "`global'" != "" { global `global' "`newlist'" }
	return local list "`newlist'"
end