RE: st: programming error with -generate-

["Martin Weiss" <martin.weiss1@gmx.de>]

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O boy, this sort of hazard lurks everywhere:



*******
clear*
set obs 1
gen y= 5.1e + 2
l
*******


HTH
Martin


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[mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Austin Nichols
Sent: Montag, 8. März 2010 23:40
To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
Subject: Re: st: programming error with -generate-

Martin Weiss <martin.weiss1@gmx.de> :
Indeed.

Try
di 1.2x+6
di %21x 72
and read -help format- on format %21x

On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Martin Weiss <martin.weiss1@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> I guess Kieran`s guess re hexadecimal was right...
>
> HTH
> Martin
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