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st: RE: RE: RE: RE: observation about float()


From   VISINTAINER PAUL <[email protected]>
To   "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>
Subject   st: RE: RE: RE: RE: observation about float()
Date   Wed, 25 Sep 2002 16:53:49 -0400

I got it.  Use two variables:  one as a quantile (1 thru 4) and the other
var with the medians for analyses.

Thanks.  I like simple solutions.

-p

-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Cox [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 3:19 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: RE: RE: RE: observation about float()

VISINTAINER PAUL

> Thanks, Nick.  Your code with -egen- is simplier.  However, 
> you will get the
> same problem.  The values for "median" in Q1 are 1.4300001 
> and float()
> doesn't recognize this value.
> 
> 	.list if median=float(1.43)
> 	.(no observations)

No; my point was that you don't ever need to do this, 
at least in this territory, and I believe elsewhere. 

Select on the quantile group, which will always be 
an integer, and never on the quantile. 

(Naturally, you actually typed == not = above.) 

Nick 
[email protected] 

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