This is legal once you balance the parentheses.
I presume you want something more like
local sqrt2 : di %8.2f sqrt(2)
twoway function y=x, title("Test-title: `sqrt2'")
Nick
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Seb Buechte
> we have just come across this question. Is there any possibility to
> force a certain numeric format when using macros in e.g. title-option
> of graph?
>
> this for example DOES NOT work:
>
> local sqrt2=string(sqrt(2)
>
> twoway function y=x, title("Test-title:" %8.2f `sqrt2')
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