st: Re: Formatting fields

["Michael Blasnik" <michael.blasnik@verizon.net>]

You need to make id2 a double when you generate it otherwise you are using a 
float (by default) which does not contain enough digits of precision.

Michael Blasnik
michael.blasnik@verizon.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Christopher.Romano@asu.edu>
To: <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 6:47 PM
Subject: st: Formatting fields



> Hi!
>
> I have two files one file has ID in the form str10 the other in the form 
> 12.0g.
>
> I want to merge the data by the ID
>
> When I perform a command to change the str var to numeric, the new numeric
> field comes in as a float  %9.0g
>
> When I reformat that field to 12.0g, the field values change completely.
>
> For instance,
>
> gen id2 =real(id)
<snip>
> WHY IS THIS HAPPENING AND HOW CAN I CORRECT IT?
>
> P.S. Using version 6.0
>
> Have a great day!
>
> Chris
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