st: Re: st: Re: st: Re: st: From: Χρυσούλα Γιαννικοπούλου <chrygiann@gmail.com>

[Tirthankar Chakravarty <tirthankar.chakravarty@gmail.com>]

Using Martin's fix, it is then just a question of getting the display
-format- right:
**********************
clear*
input str20 num
2.964.52
1.229.357.80
1.376.146.80
279.161.53
856.551.10
3.669.70
3.153.20
30.882.40
12.858.29
41.284.40
14.504.50
1.531.50
17.823.72
-1
9.009.00
end
compress
replace num = reverse(subinstr ///
	(reverse(num), ".", ",", 1))
destring num, replace ignore(.) dpcomma
format num %-12,2fc
li
/*
// required output
2.964,52
1.229.357,80
1.376.146,80
279.161,53
856.551,10
3.669,70
3.153,20
30.882,40
12.858,29
41.284,40
14.504,50
1.531,50
17.823,72
-1,00
9.009,00
*/
**********************

T
2010/8/10 Χρυσούλα Γιαννικοπούλου <chrygiann@gmail.com>:
> Hi Li,
>
> many thanks for the immediate reply!
>
> Unfortunately, this doesn't help. Ok, it's completely my fault that I
> did't explain my problem more detailed.
>
> So, I have a variable name "dealvalue" in string format  with 72914
> observations!!!
>
> These observations are numbers but each observation has a different
> number of digits.
> For example:
>
> 2.964.52
> 1.229.357.80
> 1.376.146.80
> 279.161.53
> 856.551.10
>
> 3.669.70
> 3.153.20
> 30.882.40
> 12.858.29
> 41.284.40
>
> 14.504.50
> 1.531.50
>
> 17.823.72
> -1
> 9.009.00
>
>
> I would like the "," to specify the decimals and the "." to be used
> for the 1000 separator.
>
> Hence, these numbers i would like to appear like :
>
> 2.964,52
> 1.229.357,80
> 1.376.146,80
> 279.161,53
> 856.551,10
>
> 3.669,70
> 3.153,20
> 30.882,40
> 12.858,29
> 41.284,40
>
> 14.504,50
> 1.531,50
>
> 17.823,72
> -1,00
> 9.009,00
>
> This is just a sample!!! I need a command to do it automatically for
> all the observations.
>
> Thanks again!!
>
> I appreciate your help!
>
>
>
> 2010/8/10 Tirthankar Chakravarty <tirthankar.chakravarty@gmail.com>:
>> Try this:
>> **********************
>> clear*
>> input str20 num
>> 44.311.90
>> 7.660.60
>> 2.964.52
>> 1.229.357.80
>> 1.376.146.80
>> 279.161.53
>> 856.551.10
>> end
>> compress
>> replace num = reverse(subinstr ///
>>        (reverse(num), ".", ",", 1))
>> li
>> **********************
>>
>> T
>>
>> 2010/8/10  <owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu>:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> how can format these numbers
>>> 44.311.90
>>> 7.660.60
>>> 2.964.52
>>> 1.229.357.80
>>> 1.376.146.80
>>> 279.161.53
>>> 856.551.10
>>> so that the last "." to be "," ?
>>>
>>>
>>> thanks a lot!!
>>>
>>> chrysa
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>>
>>
>>
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>> recursive class signs r, such that neither v Gen r nor Neg(v Gen r)
>> belongs to Flg(κ) (where v is the free variable of r).
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To every ω-consistent recursive class κ of formulae there correspond
recursive class signs r, such that neither v Gen r nor Neg(v Gen r)
belongs to Flg(κ) (where v is the free variable of r).

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