You _need_ the () to invoke the -real()- function
(it's not a command).
Your code is not obviously illegal, assuming
a prior
#delimit ;
and a posterior
;
I guess we need more context to comment helpfully.
Nick
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> 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
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