st: RE: AW: forvalues i = 0(.05).15

["Nick Cox" <n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk>]

Playing aside, my advice is never to work with a -forval- loop over
non-integers. 

forval i = 0/6 { 
	di 0.025 * `i' 
} 

is immensely preferable to 

forval i = 0(0.025)0.15 { 
	di `i'
} 

Precision is not the only issue. It is easier to write clear and correct
code the first way than the second.

Nick 
n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk 

Martin Weiss

Big fun to play around with this:

*************
forv i = 0(.025)0.15 {
	di in r `i' _col(10) float(`i')
}

forv i = 0(.005)0.15 {
	di in r `i' _col(10) float(`i')
}
*************

Probably related to the issues in [U], 13.11., and Nick`s SJ tip
http://www.stata-journal.com/sjpdf.html?articlenum=dm0022

David Airey

The fact that forvalues

forvalues i = (0)(.05).15 {
display `i'
}

gives


. forvalues i = 0(.05).15 {
   2. display `i'
   3. }
0
.05
.1

is related to accuracy of a macro or float right (.15 is missing)?

I could alternatively type:

forvalues i = 0(5)15 {
display `i'/10
}

or

forvalues i = 0(.05).16 {
display `i'
}

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