Sorry if this is a silly question.
I did the following sequence of commands. I closed the scatter as soon
as it opened. No other commands.
Why does r(mean) go away after you use it in the scatter with the
formatting extended function?
. sysuse auto, clear
(1978 Automobile Data)
. quietly summ length
. di `r(mean)'
187.93243
. di `: di %9.1f `r(mean)''
187.9
. di `: di %9.1f `r(mean)''
187.9
. twoway scatter length mpg, text(200 35 "The mean of length is:`: di
%2.1f `r(mean)''")
. di `: di %9.1f `r(mean)''
. di `r(mean)'
.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nick Cox
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 5:51 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: RE: Macro display format
No. You should try
` : di %9.1f `r(mean)''
See help extended_fcn.
Tip: I would go `: di %2.1f `r(mean)'' even
if you are sure that format is too restrictive.
You're likely to be wrong, as Stata will stretch the space to
avoid damage. However, with %9.1f you are likely to get the ugly
spaces that are a consequence of what you asked
for.
Nick
[email protected]
Thomas Speidel
> I am trying to include the content of a macro within a graph, but I'm
> having problems with the display format.
>
> For example:
>
> sysuse auto, clear
> qui: summ length
> twoway scatter length mpg, text(200 35 "The mean of length is:
> `r(mean)'")
>
> How do I change the format of the macro to display something
> like %9.2f?
>
> I tried:
> ... , text(200 35 "The mean of length is: `%9.1f `r(mean)''")
>
> Am I missing some triple compound quote? :-)
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