Thank you all!
Can I write command to point to STATA to round the variable itself (wt)?
Best regards
ziad
On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 5:37 AM, Joseph Coveney <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ziad El-Khatib wrote:
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> Hi STATA lister, tried to look for help round but did not understand it
>
> well.
> how to round variable (weight) to have it 0 decimal, e.g. 5 instead of 4.20?
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> If the help for -round()- reads difficultly at first, then it helps to play
> with the function to get to know it better. It won't round 4.20 up to 5,
> however. I've used -display- below, but it requires -generate- to see what
> really goes on with -round()-.
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> . display round(4.2, 1)
> 4
>
> . display ceil(4.2)
> 5
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> Joseph Coveney
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