use real(varname)
where varname is a string
pedro
----- Original Message -----
From: <[email protected]>
To: "statalist" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 2:36 PM
Subject: st: changing format
> A stupid question:
>
> I have a lot of numerical values which have been inputted as string
values: how do I tell STATA to read them as numbers?
>
>
> Andrea Salvatori
>
>
> *
> * For searches and help try:
> * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
> * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
> * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
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* For searches and help try:
* http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
* http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
* http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
