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From | Indu Khurana <indu.statauser@gmail.com> |
To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
Subject | Re: st: How to convert exponential format into numeric values in stata |
Date | Tue, 1 Mar 2011 11:56:37 -0500 |
Thanks Richard!! That works. On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Richard Goldstein <richgold@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > when you use stat/transfer, go to the "variables" window and make this > variable a string variable > > Rich > > On 2/28/11 4:26 PM, Indu Khurana wrote: >> Hi Statlisters, >> >> I am trying to convert some 5000 ids like: >> 129728016047866 >> 160544769097502 >> >> into stata. This id file is in excel. When i used stat transfer to >> export it into stata, it generated this in stata file: >> 1.297e+14 >> 1.605e+14 >> >> How can I have the same id number in stata directly from excel or >> convert exponential format into numeric values when data is in stata >> ?? >> >> thanks!! > * > * 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/ > * * 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/