help display dialog: display
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Title
[P] display -- Display strings and values of scalar expressions
Syntax
display [display_directive [display_directive [...]]]
where display_directive is
"double-quoted string"
`"compound double-quoted string"'
[%fmt] [=]exp
as { text | txt | result | error | input }
in smcl
_asis
_skip(#)
_column(#)
_newline[(#)]
_continue
_dup(#)
_request(macname)
_char(#)
,
,,
Menu
Data > Other utilities > Hand calculator
Description
display displays strings and values of scalar expressions. display
produces output from the programs that you write.
Interactively, display can be used as a substitute for a hand calculator.
display's display_directives are used in do-files and programs to produce
formatted output. The directives are
"double-quoted string" displays the string without the quotes
`"compound double-quoted string"' display the string without the outer
quotes; allows embedded quotes
[%fmt] [=] exp allows results to be formatted; see [U]
12.5 Formats: Controlling how data
are displayed
as style sets the style ("color") for the
directives that follow; there may be
more than one as style per display
in smcl switches from _asis model to smcl mode
_asis switches from smcl model to _asis mode
_skip(#) skips # columns
_column(#) skips to the #th column
_newline goes to a new line
_newline(#) skips # lines
_continue suppresses automatic newline at end of
display command
_dup(#) repeats the next directive # times
_request(macname) accepts input from the console and
places it into the macro macname
_char(#) displays the character for ASCII code #
, displays one blank between two
directives
,, places no blanks between two directives
Examples
As a hand calculator:
. display 2 + 2
As might be used in do-files and programs:
. sysuse auto
. summarize mpg
. display as text "mean of mpg = " as result r(mean)
Also see
Manual: [R] display,
[P] display
Help: [P] capture, [D] format, [D] list, [D] outfile, [P] quietly, [P]
return, [P] smcl
