Nick,
thank you for you help! But after looking over my example in my
earlier mail I realised that my first workarround and the original
problem were mixed up!
The NOT-the-desired-results-achieving example should have looked like this:
local sqrt2=sqrt(2)
twoway function y=x , title("SQRT of 2:" %8.2f `sqrt2')
Still, what Nick has posted meets my needs.
Sebastian
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:51:49 -0000, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is legal once you balance the parentheses.
>
> I presume you want something more like
>
> local sqrt2 : di %8.2f sqrt(2)
> twoway function y=x, title("Test-title: `sqrt2'")
>
> Nick
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> Seb Buechte
>
> > we have just come across this question. Is there any possibility to
> > force a certain numeric format when using macros in e.g. title-option
> > of graph?
> >
> > this for example DOES NOT work:
> >
> > local sqrt2=string(sqrt(2)
> >
> > twoway function y=x, title("Test-title:" %8.2f `sqrt2')
>
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