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Re: st: In search of the lost precision
From
Farshad Pourmalek <[email protected]>
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Subject
Re: st: In search of the lost precision
Date
Fri, 1 Jul 2011 06:03:18 -0700 (PDT)
Thank you. .format <varname> %17.0g resolves the issue. Best, farshad
--- On Thu, 6/30/11, Gary Longton <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Gary Longton <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: st: In search of the lost precision
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Thursday, June 30, 2011, 3:39 PM
> <>
> The precision is likely not lost, just hidden. I
> suspect the problem is with with the display format (%10.0g)
> and not the storage precision, as doubles should have 16
> digits of accuracy.
> see -help format-, and try:
>
> .format <varname> %17.0g
> or
> .format <varname> %17.15f
>
> - GL
>
>
> On 6/30/2011 12:04 PM, Farshad Pourmalek wrote:
>
> > Is there a way to insheet 0.154143995764484 without
> losing precision?
> >
> > I used Stata IC 9.1 for Windows as below
> >
> > insheet using "C:\data\0.154143995764484.csv", clear
> > codebook
> > * It is float, %9.0g, .15414399, not .154143995764484
> >
> > insheet using "C:\data\0.154143995764484.csv",clear
> double
> > codebook
> > * It is double, %10.0g, .1541439957645, not
> .154143995764484
> *
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