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| From | L S <lts40301@gmail.com> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | st: Problems rounding a variable using round() |
| Date | Sat, 24 Mar 2012 21:02:56 -0700 |
Hi,
I am creating a variable that is the average of 5 0/1 variables.
However, instead of taking values on {0,.2,.4.6,.8,1}, it is taking
values like .40000001 and .60000002. I tried to use the round()
command as below, but it's not working. Any thoughts on how I can
make y take on the values {0,.2,.4.6,.8,1}?
Thank you.
clear
set obs 1000
set seed 1234
forvalues i=1/5{
gen x`i'=(uniform()>.5)
}
gen y = (1/5)*(x1+x2+x3+x4+x5)
* browse y
count if y==.6
replace y= round(y,.1)
count if y==.6
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