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Re: st: converting numbers to strings
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Nick Cox <[email protected]>
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Re: st: converting numbers to strings
Date
Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:37:02 +0100
Indeed. Thanks very much for pointing that out.
Nick
On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Joseph Coveney <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Also,
>
>> forval n = 7(2)13 {
>> local n : di %0.2f `n'
>> replace abc`n' = myfunc( abc`n')
>> }
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I think that Nick meant %02.0f for the format. I'd concur that that suggestion
> and the -foreach . . . in- suggestion just above it in Nick's reply are the best
> approaches to this kind of problem, by the way.
>
> Joseph Coveney
>
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