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st: unexpected result of calculation


From   david schriger <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   st: unexpected result of calculation
Date   Wed, 03 Mar 2004 01:14:18 +0000

Dear Statalisters,

Would someone be kind enough to explain to me why the following calculation produces a number when I use "15" but produces a missing for values > 18. This occurs whether I am doing a 'display' or 'generating' a variable.


. di 9^140*(15^139)*exp(-9*15)/exp(lnfact(139))
.28701151

. di 9^140*(19^139)*exp(-9*19)/exp(lnfact(139))
[no output produced]

thanks,

David Schriger
UCLA Emergency Medicine
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