I am confused by the behavior of -outfile- as compared with its
documentation. I'm using v9.2 SE, though I wouldn't think it should
matter. The documentation says that "Numeric variables are output
right-justified in the field width specified by their display
format," but I find that -outfile- invariably inserts two extra
spaces between variables.
//Example
// outfile example
clear
set obs 3
gen long x = 1e4 * uniform()
gen long y = 1e4 * uniform()
gen byte z = (uniform() > 0.5)
format x y %7.0f
format z %3.0f
tempfile temp
outfile using `temp'
di "123456789012345678901234567890"
type `temp'
//
// Which yields (view in nonprop. font)
123456789012345678901234567890
4948 8908 0
7607 1205 1
6917 1143 1
x is displayed in 7 columns, but y occupies 9, and z occupies 5
columns. Can someone suggest what I am missing here?
Regards,
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Mike Lacy
Fort Collins CO USA
(970) 491-6721 office
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