st: using the 'real' command

[mmarcos1@worldbank.org]

I am trying to convert a string variable to a numeric variable so that I can
specify the display format, but I get an error message saying it can't recognize
the ( ), i.e., the parenthesis. can anyone help?

gen id1=real(cl01); format id1 %02.0f


Mirafe Gebriel Marcos

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