Re: st: RE: precision Problem taking string from double var

[<Stefan.Gawrich@hlpug.hessen.de>]

Maarten Buis wrote:

A string will typically take up (much) more memory than an integer. 
I proposed to use a long integer, in that case a string 
varialbe has to contain for all observations a maximum of 3 
characters (including the ".") for it to use less memory than 
a long integer. If you can store your number as integer, i.e. 
all numbers are more than -32,767 and less than 32,740, than 
the string has to contain a maximum of only one character to 
take up less memory. If you can store your numbers as a byte, 
i.e. all numbers are more than -127 and less than 100, than 
there is no string variable that takes less memory.


Hi Maarten, 

Concerning memory consumption you are right.
But I don't know how to outfile an (pseudo) integer var in "%4.2f"-format. 


Stefan










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