Dear Stata listers,
I have a variable weight. The original dataset has weight as a string
variable. Type - str13
Format - %13s.
encode weight, generate(weightgrams)
The above code apparently creates a numeric variable weightgrams.
Type - long
Format - %13.0g
However when dealing with this new variable e.g summ weightgrams, I get
completely abnormal results which bear no resemblance to the expected
results for the variable weight.
I suspect there is some kind of error in conversion from a string to
numeric variable.
I am using version 12.1
Kind regards,
Gwinyai
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