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st: RE: RE: RE: comas in numbrers


From   "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
To   "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject   st: RE: RE: RE: comas in numbrers
Date   Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:53:37 +0100

I mean thousands of observations,represented by numbers with a coma in
them.It is a problem because it would take too much time to quote
unquote each one of them.
Unfortunately,in Eurostat we come across commas in numbers.



On 27/4/2010, "Martin Weiss" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
><>
>
>What do you mean? There is no substantive difference to the situation with 5
>obs, is there? Apart from the fact that you do not want to -input- them all,
>but that problem is unrelated to the issue of commata...
>
>
>HTH
>Martin
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [email protected]
>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected]
>Sent: Dienstag, 27. April 2010 19:16
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: st: RE: RE: comas in numbrers
>
>What do I do when there are thousands of observations?
>
>
>
>010, "Martin Weiss" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>><>
>>
>>*************
>>
>> drop _all
>>
>>input str10 a
>>"2,345"
>>"213"
>>"34,456"
>>"458"
>>end
>>
>>destring a, generate(numerica) ignore(,)
>>l
>>*************
>>
>>
>>HTH
>>Martin
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: [email protected]
>>[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected]
>>Sent: Dienstag, 27. April 2010 17:39
>>To: [email protected]
>>Subject: st: RE: comas in numbrers
>>
>>Dear Statalist,
>>
>>how do you handle numbers with a coma to indicate thousands?
>>I thank you before hand
>>Victor M. Zammit
>>
>> drop _all
>>
>> input a
>>
>>a
>>1. 2,345
>>2. 213
>>3. 34,456
>>4. 458
>>5. end
>>
>>..
>>end of do-file
>>
>> l
>>
>>+-----+
>>a
>>-----
>>1.    2
>>2.  213
>>3.   34
>>4.  458
>>+-----+
>>
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