I mistakenly posted this question as a sub-question in an unrelated
thread; my apologies.
Here's this issue:
For some reason, the following command:
. bysort var1 : replace var1 = cond(_n == 1, x, y)
replaces the variable var1 with a number not *exactly* identical, such
as:
58.29999924 instead of 58.3.
Although I could say:
. format %9.2f,
that won't find a match for -if-, as in:
. ... if var1==58.3
How should I correct that command?
Michael
Michael McCulloch
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