Martina wrote:
i am quite surprised because i always thought stata is perfect
and everything that goes wrong is my own fault. but this time
i am really puzzled:
gen famsoxc02=0
replace famsoxc02= 891.1 if land== 6
replace famsoxc02=famsoxc02/100
tab famsoxc02 land if index==1
i get 8.910999 - should be 8.911. Can anyone explain?
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This is a well-known situation, and it is not Stata's fault.
Read, for example, this FAQ about precision:
http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data/prec.html
If you want to display the variable with three decimal digits:
format famsoxc02 %10.3f
- and it will display 8.911
Hope this helps
Svend
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