Hi Nick
Thanks for the remind that "macros are macros and variables are
variables". I stored the statistics as macros.
But as stated in the help for -format-, does it only work for
variables? Or for macros as well? Thank you!
Luhang
On 7/6/05, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> Macros are macros; variables are variables.
> There is nothing in Stata called a macro
> variable.
>
> Either way, formats are to be understood
> by reading the help for -format-. Then use
> the appropriate formats in your -display- commands.
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
> Luhang Wang
> >
> > I'm making a table displaying some summary statistics which I have
> > stored as macro variables. They are displayed as of 16 digits, which
> > is far more than the precision I want. So could anyone give me some
> > idea about setting the format for macro variables? Thanks a lot!
>
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