st: RE: RE: comas in numbrers

["vmz@vol.net.mt" <vmz@vol.net.mt>]

What do I do when there are thousands of observations?



010, "Martin Weiss" <martin.weiss1@gmx.de> wrote:

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> drop _all
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>input str10 a
>"2,345"
>"213"
>"34,456"
>"458"
>end
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>destring a, generate(numerica) ignore(,)
>l
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>HTH
>Martin
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>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of vmz@vol.net.mt
>Sent: Dienstag, 27. April 2010 17:39
>To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
>Subject: st: RE: comas in numbrers
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>Dear Statalist,
>
>how do you handle numbers with a coma to indicate thousands?
>I thank you before hand
>Victor M. Zammit
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> drop _all
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> input a
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>a
>1. 2,345
>2. 213
>3. 34,456
>4. 458
>5. end
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>..
>end of do-file
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> l
>
>+-----+
>a
>-----
>1.    2
>2.  213
>3.   34
>4.  458
>+-----+
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