--- Harry Telser wrote:
> is there a command in Stata which saves the display format (e.g.
> %6.2f) in r() so that I can access the according string to write it
> in a local macro?
You can use the extended macro function to extract the format, see
-help extended_fcn- and the example below:
*------ begin example -------
sysuse auto, clear
local fmt : format mpg
di "`fmt'"
*------- end example --------
(For more on how to use examples I sent to the Statalist, see
http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/stata/exampleFAQ.html )
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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