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| From | Richard Goldstein <richgold@ix.netcom.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: How to convert exponential format into numeric values in stata |
| Date | Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:38:26 -0500 |
when you use stat/transfer, go to the "variables" window and make this variable a string variable Rich On 2/28/11 4:26 PM, Indu Khurana wrote: > Hi Statlisters, > > I am trying to convert some 5000 ids like: > 129728016047866 > 160544769097502 > > into stata. This id file is in excel. When i used stat transfer to > export it into stata, it generated this in stata file: > 1.297e+14 > 1.605e+14 > > How can I have the same id number in stata directly from excel or > convert exponential format into numeric values when data is in stata > ?? > > thanks!! * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/