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Re: st: Re: STATA mistakes divisions!
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Alan Neustadtl <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Re: STATA mistakes divisions!
Date
Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:35:17 -0400
The calculation is precise but your display is not.
Try this:
di %22.20f 45315 / 19657
2.30528564887826230000
versus this:
. di 45315 / 19657
2.3052856
Best,
Alan
On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Francesco Vidoli <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
> I just realized that STATA mistake divisions at 7-8 decimal place!
> I know it sounds strange, but try to do 45315 / 19657 ....
>
> SAS: 2.30528564887826
> STATA: 2,30528569221496
> Excel: 2,30528564887826
> Mathematica: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=45315%2F19657
>
>
> It's not a good job for a scientific software!!
>
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