Robin Newberry wrote:
> For some reason when I was importing a comma delimited dataset into
> Stata it converted all of the SS# info into scientific notation. The
> #'s weren't in standard ss# format (999-99-9999) but unformatted
> (999999999), so the end result was 9.99e+08. Currently the filed is
> in %10.0g format - is there a way to convert these back to a non
> numeric field?
If you imported the SSN into a float then you will not be able to
recover all the digits no matter how you format it. Floats only
hold <8 digits and the SSN's are 9 digits, so the number will be
precision-truncated. Once these digits are lost they cannot be recovered.
You will need to re-import them into a long or a double precision
variable (or a string variable).
Tom
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