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Re: st: problems with browsing, dropping certain observations
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Steve Samuels <[email protected]>
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Re: st: problems with browsing, dropping certain observations
Date
Mon, 31 May 2010 08:03:18 -0400
This looks like a problem of computer precision--failure to represent
numbers like "0.01" exactly internally-. This is not a formatting
issue-- there have been many posts about this. Convert your variables
to integers --multiply by 100- and work with those.
Steve
On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 7:58 AM, Michael Findley <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Stata list:
>
> I'm puzzled about what seems to be a simple formatting issue. I import a .csv file with variables that range from .001 to .009. I can carry out certain commands, such as generate a new variable that has similar values, but I cannot perform other simple tasks such as "browse if variable == .001" or "keep if variable == .001". The variable is formatted as a float (%9.0g), which is a general format that should allow this as I understand it. I was worried that importing the data caused the problem, but when I just open stata and enter similar values, I get the same thing. I also tried reformatting the variable to several different fixed formats, but still no luck. What am I missing? Any thoughts greatly appreciated.
>
> Mike Findley
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