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I feel silly all the time, David - you get used to it.
This works:
clear
input float x
0.00
0.01
0.03
0.10
0.30
1.00
end
generate str4 x_str = ""
replace x_str = "0.00" if float(x) == float(0.0)
replace x_str = "0.01" if float(x) == float(0.01)
replace x_str = "0.03" if float(x) == float(0.03)
replace x_str = "0.10" if float(x) == float(0.1)
replace x_str = "0.30" if float(x) == float(0.3)
replace x_str = "1.00" if float(x) == float(1.0)
list, clean
but so would:
gen x_str = string(x,"%4.2f")
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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Airey
Sent: Wednesday, 17 June 2009 10:56 AM
To: Statalist
Subject: st: float function question
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Why does the float function not work like this? I feel silly.
clear
input float x
0.00
0.01
0.03
0.10
0.30
1.00
end
generate str4 x_str = ""
replace x_str = "0.00" if float(x) == 0.0
replace x_str = "0.01" if float(x) == 0.01
replace x_str = "0.03" if float(x) == 0.03
replace x_str = "0.10" if float(x) == 0.1
replace x_str = "0.30" if float(x) == 0.3
replace x_str = "1.00" if float(x) == 1.0
list, clean
which gave
. list, clean
x x_str
1. 0 0.00
2. .01
3. .03
4. .1
5. .3
6. 1 1.00
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