Re: st: tostring double wishlist

[Nicholas Winter <nw53@cornell.edu>]

You want to use the format() option of -tostring-, to tell it not to use 
the default display format:

        . tostring ssuin, gen(ssuidc) format(%012.0f)

for example...  (The use of %012.0f, rather than %12.0f, will create any 
necessary leading zeros.)

--Nick Winter


At 10:01 AM 11/4/2003 -0800, you wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I had a bit more trouble than I anticipated converting
> a 12-digit double to a string.  The string and number
> are below:
>
>      +--------------------------+
>      |        ssuid      ssuidn |
>      |--------------------------|
>   1. | 019003754630   1.900e+10 |
>      +--------------------------+
>
> A simple tostring command gives the results below:
>
> . tostring ssuidn, gen(ssuidc) force
> ssuidc generated as str11
> ssuidc was forced to string; some loss of information
>
> . list ssuidc in 1/1
>
>      +-------------+
>      |      ssuidc |
>      |-------------|
>   1. | 1.90038e+10 |
>      +-------------+
>
> expressed in scientific notation rather than like
> '019003754630' above.
>
> Thanks
>
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