RE: st: How to insert decimal point?

[Lucie Vlach <Lucie.Vlach@albertahealthservices.ca>]

Hello Rich!

Here is more detail:

The variable starts off as a string (type: str9, format: %9s), I then 'destring Claimed_Amount, replace' and it becomes numeric (type: long, format %10.0g). I just realized that when I destring it, the leading zeros do not display, but I still need to insert that decimal point 2 spaces from the right.

We did divide by 100 last week, but I thought that maybe there is a better way to insert that decimal point. A command that we can use in our DO file later. I tried all kinds of 'format' options, but I got everything but the right thing so far.

Lucie


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From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Goldstein [richgold@ix.netcom.com]
Sent: August 23, 2011 1:32 PM
To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
Subject: Re: st: How to insert decimal point?

you don't tell us whether this is a number or a string variable; nor do
you tell us what the format is

if it is a number, divide by 100; if you need to change the format, see
-help format-

if it is a string and you want to leave it as a string, try the following:

replace
Claimed_Amount=substr(Claimed_Amount,1,7)+"."+substr(Claimed_Amount,8,2)

but note that this will make it 10 characters long; if you want it to
stay 9 characters, replace the "1" in the first substr() with a "2"
(assuming you won't lose any information that way)

Rich

On 8/23/11 3:21 PM, Lucie Vlach wrote:
> Hello all!
>
> I have a problem, trying to format my data in my 'Claimed_Amount' variable to say 0000051.61 (not 000005161) and 0000067.31 etc.
>
> I am trying to insert the decimal point, two spaces from the end, in this numeric variable.
> Each is number is 9 spaces long.
>
> 000005161 should display 0000051.61
>
> DATA:
> Claimed_Amount
> 000005161
> 000006731
> 000006666
> 000008890
> 000002256
> 000008301
> 000005161
> 000005161
> 000006731
> 000008890
> 000002256
> 000007449
> 000011889
> 000005879
> 000009019
> 000005161
> etc.
>
> Thank you all very much for any help!
>
> Lucie
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