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| From | David Kantor <kantor.d@att.net> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | Re: st: after i use the edit |
| Date | Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:14:33 -0500 |
At 08:31 PM 3/5/2010, Lydia Huang wrote:
" You attempted to passte one or more string values into numeric variables. The contents of these cells, if any, are unchanged." What I have found is that numbers like 2124001000031220 has changed into 2.124e+15.what does this mean? what should i do?
That value is being taken as numeric; as such is is an enormous value. It is being displayed in scientific notation. Possibly an appropriate format would enable you to see the full value. Maybe %18.0f .
See -help format-. HTH --David * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/