Re: st: doubt on the output format %w.dg

[Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>]

You are inventing your own format -- unless someone recognises this as
an existing format.

For an individual number, the choice could be something like

local number = <whatever>
local show : display %3.2f  `number'
if substr("`show'", -2, 2) == "00" {
                di `number'
}
else if substr("`show'", -1, 1) == "0" {
                di %2.1f `number'
}
else di "`show'"

To show an entire variable this way I guess you'd need to work with
something like

generate toshow = string(numvar, "%3.2f")
replace toshow = string(numvar, "%1.0f") if substr(toshow, -2, 2) == "00"
replace toshow = string(numvar, "%2.1f") if substr(toshow, -1, 1) == "0"

Nick

2011/3/13 Grace Jessie <gracejessie@hotmail.com>:

> I want to set one variable to display with two digits to the right of the decimal point if the number of digits to the right of the decimal point is more than 2, otherwise display as it is.
> For example.
> The value of one variable is "1.2 3.2345 3 5.45"
> I hope it to display as "1.2 3.23 3 5.45"
> Is there any way?
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