I would be very grateful for advice on the following basic formatting
questions...
To store a number as a string with a format showing 2 significant
figures, I do the following, for example:
di "`=string(-0.000029, "%9.2g")'"
If the second significant figure is a zero, how can I make sure this is
still displayed?
The following produces:
. di "`=string(-0.0000201, "%9.2g")'"
-.00002
when I want it to display "-0.000020"
Also, how can I make sure it displays the zero before the decimal point?
Also, why does
. di "`=string(-0.000029, "%9.1g")'"
-.000029
not show only 1 significant figure?
Many thanks for your help.
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