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Hello,
I am trying to add the following note as a footer in a spgraph command. This is a long note. But RATS probably cannot read this long note as I received an error message.

footer="Note: Panels A, B, and C show the effects of an increase in the Fed's total assets on the indicated variables. Panel D shows the responses of \\ dividend growth to an increase in commercial and industrial lonas. Dotted lines show 90% confidence interval")

Error Message:

## SX2. Expected " to Terminate String
>>>>how 90% confidence<<<<

I have attached the file. Any help would be appreciated.

Sincerely,
Sajjadur Rahman

The line is probably too long for the editor. You can split up the string by "adding" two substrings (with a $ to break the line between them), such as by:
Note that it generally makes more sense to put a long note like that into the caption on the graph in whatever application you're using to create a paper.

Thanks for your reply. I followed your advice and wrote the following spgraph command with footer. As you can see in the attached output, the footer does not show "95% confidence interval". I have also attached the script.

spgraph(vfields=2,nosamesize,hfields=2,patterns,header="Figure 5. Transmission of the Fed's balance sheet shock into the stock market.", $
subheader="(Reserve channel)",footer= "Note: Panel A shows the effects of an increase in the Fed's total assets on reserve balances held by commercial banks."+ $
" Panels B and C show \\the responses of money supply and stock returns to an increase in total reserves, respectively."+ $
" Dotted lines show 95% confidence interval.")

Any help will be appreciated.

Sincerely,
Sajjadur Rahman

There's an overall limit of 256 bytes on a string, and it looks like you're running up against that.