Re: st: Algebra problem

[Stas Kolenikov <skolenik@gmail.com>]

Wrap everything in float() and see if the numbers change; account for
the missing values.

On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Tunga Kantarci
<tungakantarci@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Why does Stata 11 give me different counts for the following ?
>
> count if DU1_65_R3C3_5_==1.1*DU_default_income
> 51
>
> count if DU1_65_R3C3_5_/DU_default_income==1.1
> 308
>
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