Re: st: Macro display format

[Nick Winter <nw53@cornell.edu>]

Oops.

Should have been

   ... `: di %2.1f `mymean'' ...
          ^^


--Nick W.


At 10:38 AM 3/23/2006, you wrote:
> Thank you Nick & Nick,
> Nick W., I tried using your syntax, but I'm having some problems:
>
> . sysuse auto, clear
> (1978 Automobile Data)
>
> . qui summ length
>
> . local mymean = `r(mean)'
>
> . twoway scatter length mpg, text(200 35 "Mean is `: %2.1f `mymean''")
> % not allowed
>
> . di `mymean'
> 187.93243
>
> I also tried using the rclass r(mean), instead of assigning it to a
> local macro, but to no avail.  Does the colon need to stay inside the
> compound quote?
>
> Thanks,
> Thomas
>
> PS Using Stata 9.1 on Win XP
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