st: Error with -round()-

[Matt Vivier <mvivier@remedypartners.com>]

Hello all,

I'm using:
Stata/IC 12.1 for Windows (64-bit x86-64)
Revision 06 Feb 2012

I'm very hesitant to suggest that there is a bug in Stata itself, but
I am getting an unexpected result when using -round()- on some
numbers, and have been unable to find an explanation for it.

I'm pulling information out of my dataset, and writing it to a table
in an HTML file, and wanted to round the values down to something of
reasonable length. The vast majority of the time, -round()- functions
as expected, but it occasionally seems to misfire.

This can be replicated with:
local value = round(.8125,.01)
di "`value'"

However, if you type
di `value'

You see the expected result.
Unfortunately, (I believe) I have to enclose it in quotes to write it
to the HTML file as such:
file write html `"<TD>`value'</TD>"'

My questions are:
Can anyone replicate this issue?
If so, any thoughts on what causes it? It seems to be caught up in
treating `value' like a string due to the quotes.
Any thoughts on a workaround?

Thanks,

Matt Vivier
Data Analyst
(203) 541-4665
Remedy Partners, Inc

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