Re: st: Turn off scientific notation

[Steven Samuels <sjhsamuels@earthlink.net>]

Try format %20.10f   The "12" in front of the decimal is the total  
number of digits, including decimal point, I believe, that Stata  
allocates to the variable.  12-10 =2 -1 for the decimal--you have  
room for only 1 digit before the decimal and no spaces before that.  
You simply haven't given the variable enough space.

-Steve
On Aug 20, 2008, at 5:38 PM, Diana Eastman wrote:


> Hi all,
>
> I have a variable that needs to be expressed with a high level of
> precision. Stata keeps representing the value as 1.871e+09, for  
> example.
> I need this number to be formatted as a decimal, preferably with as  
> many
> decimal places as possible. I tried using format totppm %12.10f, but
> that doesn't do the trick. Is there some way to turn off the use of
> scientific notation?
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
>
>
>
> *
> *   For searches and help try:
> *   http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search
> *   http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
> *   http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
*
*   For searches and help try:
*   http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search
*   http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
*   http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/