header labels

[terrya]

I want to put a particular set of labels in a header. The labels are different from the variable names. Following the example on graphing impulse response functions in the user guide, I set up the following.

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compute varlabels=|| $
    "Australia",$ 
    "Canada",$
    "France",$
    "Germany",$
    "Italy",$
    "Japan",$
    "NZ",$
    "UK",$
    "USA"||

declare vect[strings] varlabels(9)

...........
compute counter = 0
While counter < 10
{ dofor p = LAUS LCAN LFRA LGER LITA LJAP LNZ LUK LUS
   compute counter = counter + 1
   graph(header = "RGDP per capita: "+varlabels(counter),vlabel="Natural log") 1
  # p
end dofor}
end while

I got the following error message at the declare step.
## SX1. Identifier VARLABELS is Already in use as a(n) RECTANGULAR[STRING]

I can't see how this set-up is different from the IRF example. I've used the dofor instruction instead of the while function in various attempts.

[TomDoan]

Do the DECLARE first (you don't have to put a dimension on it). When you do a

compute something=||....||

if RATS hasn't seen <<something>> before, it gets classified as a RECT[type] since that's more general.

[terrya]

Thanks for quick response. Worked perfectly.