thank you very much
sara
--- Maarten buis <[email protected]> ha scritto:
> >--- On Thu, 5 Apr 2007, sara borelli wrote:
> > If I write 'count if x<y' stata says that all
> > observations satisfy this inequality, when in fact
> > the values 'look' the same. I think this has to do
> > with the fact that x is stored as double, while y
> > is stored as float. Is there any way I can say
> stata
> > to read the values as they "appear"
>
> yet another solution that does exactly what Sara
> asked is to use the
> -round- function. The variable as they "appear"
> (presumably after
> -list-) are rounded, so why not round yourself when
> evaluating the
> inequality.
>
> *------------ begin example ------------
> sysuse auto, clear
> gen price2 = price - 0.001
> format price2 %8.0gc
> list price price2 in 1/10
> count if price2 == price
> count if round(price) == round(price2)
> *----------- end example -------------
> (For more on how to use examples I sent to the
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> http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/stata/exampleFAQ.html )
>
> Hope this helps,
> Maarten
>
>
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