Re: st: Stop Stata rounding up decimal places when import from Excel

[Dan Blanchette <dan_blanchette@unc.edu>]

Sorada,

I tested your value:
 1234567.1234567
and -import excel- by default read in that column as a double
but set the format for that variable to be too small to show 
all the values...so it looked like Stata rounded it but it
really did not.  Try setting the format to be %15.0g so you
can see the full value.

HTH,
Dan Blanchette

Research Programming Services
Carolina Population Center
University of North Carolina
Dan_Blanchette@unc.edu



> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 3:33 PM,  <Sorada.Tapsuwan@csiro.au> wrote:
> > In my excel file I have one variable that has 7 digits and 7 decimal places, e.g. 1234567.1234567.
> >
> > When I import the file into Stata, it rounds up the decimal place of the variable to 1234567.12
> >
> > How can I change the setting so that Stata would not round up my decimal places?
>
> You need to make sure to import that variable as a double not as a float.
>
> For (much) more see :
> <http://blog.stata.com/2012/04/02/the-penultimate-guide-to-precision/>
>
> Hope this helps,
> Maarten

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