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Re: st: AW: tostring command
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Rajaram Subramanian Potty <[email protected]>
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Re: st: AW: tostring command
Date
Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:41:58 +0530
Thank you very much for the quick reply and is very much helpful in
converting the numeric variable to string variable.
Thanks and regards,
RAJARAM. S
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Martin Weiss <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> <>
>
> Either -force- it or supply your own -format-, with the latter option
> strongly perferred:
>
>
> *************
> clear*
> set obs 1
> gen double myvar=12345612345
> format myvar %11.0f
> l
> tostring myvar, generate(mystrvar) force
> tostring myvar, generate(mystrvar2) format(%11.0f)
> l
> *************
>
>
>
> HTH
> Martin
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Rajaram
> Subramanian Potty
> Gesendet: Freitag, 23. April 2010 11:31
> An: [email protected]
> Betreff: st: tostring command
>
> Dear all,
>
> When I am using the command "tostring" to convert numerical variable
> to string variable I am getting an error.
>
> The error is "indid cannot be converted reversibly; no generate".
>
> This error comes only if the numerical varibale has 11 or more
> digits. Because of this not able to convert numerical variables with
> 11 or more digits to string variable. Can any one know the solution to
> convert the numerical variable to string variable even if the variable
> has 11 or more digits.
>
> Thanks and regards,
>
> RAJARAM. S
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