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st: RE: decimal points after tabulate,summarise( )


From   Nick Cox <[email protected]>
To   "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>
Subject   st: RE: decimal points after tabulate,summarise( )
Date   Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:21:21 +0000

Change the display format of -var2-. 

. sysuse auto, clear
(1978 Automobile Data)

. tab rep78, su(mpg)

     Repair |      Summary of Mileage (mpg)
Record 1978 |        Mean   Std. Dev.       Freq.
------------+------------------------------------
          1 |          21   4.2426407           2
          2 |      19.125   3.7583241           8
          3 |   19.433333   4.1413252          30
          4 |   21.666667   4.9348699          18
          5 |   27.363636   8.7323849          11
------------+------------------------------------
      Total |   21.289855   5.8664085          69

. d mpg

              storage  display     value
variable name   type   format      label      variable label
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
mpg             int    %8.0g                  Mileage (mpg)

. format mpg %4.2f

. tab rep78, su(mpg)

     Repair |      Summary of Mileage (mpg)
Record 1978 |        Mean   Std. Dev.       Freq.
------------+------------------------------------
          1 |       21.00        4.24           2
          2 |       19.13        3.76           8
          3 |       19.43        4.14          30
          4 |       21.67        4.93          18
          5 |       27.36        8.73          11
------------+------------------------------------
      Total |       21.29        5.87          69

Nick 
[email protected] 

Nikolaos Pandis
 
Is there a way to limit the decimal after the command:
tabulate var1,summarise(var2)

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