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| From | Jérôme Fauconnier <jerome.fauconnier@imag.fr> |
| To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
| Subject | st: Problem with "real" command |
| Date | Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:13:01 +0200 |
When I use the "real" function with large numbers, I have random results as :
command :
gen numven6=real("600010154088")
i get the following result :
numven6=600010129408
Have anybody had the same problem?
Dr Jérôme Fauconnier
CHU Grenoble
Pôle de Santé Publique
Département d'Information Médicale
Pavillon Taillefer
BP217
38043 GRENOBLE cedex
Tel : + 33 4 76 76 50 35
Fax : + 33 4 76 76 52 02
mail : jerome.fauconnier@imag.fr
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