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From	"Nick Cox" <[email protected]>
To	"Nick Cox" <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
Subject	st: RE: dropping digits from variables in Stata 10
Date	Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:28:43 -0000

Belay that. 7 digits are OK, I think. 

Nick 
[email protected] 

However, note that unless your variable was read in as a long or double
you may have lost accuracy in final digits, so re-doing the input and
insisting on string variables is likely to be much the safest way. 

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References:
- st: dropping digits from variables in Stata 10
  - From: Ekaterina Hertog <[email protected]>
- st: RE: dropping digits from variables in Stata 10
  - From: "Nick Cox" <[email protected]>

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