Good idea, I think. You would have to remember 
to do this and undo this every time. Easier 
to edit the file, in my view. 
Nick 
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Michael Blasnik
> 
> Would issuing a -set type double- before running the command 
> be sufficient
> to make the old version work?
Nick Cox
> 
> > Hence you are stuck until you update to Stata 8,
> > unless you copy the Stata 6 programs and change all the
> > -gen- of numeric variables to -gen double-, which
> > you are most free to do.
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