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| From | Saidé Salazar <saide.salazar@gmail.com> |
| To | "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | Re: st: RE: I visualize a different number |
| Date | Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:28:25 -0500 |
David and Sergiy, thank you for all your help! Enviado desde mi iPhone El 18/06/2013, a las 16:53, "Radwin, David" <dradwin@rti.org> escribió: > Try generating it as a double. > > clear all > set obs 1 > gen double x = 17440397133 in 1 > format %15.0fc x > browse > > For more information, -help data_types-. > > David > -- > David Radwin > Senior Research Associate > Education Studies Division > RTI International > 2150 Shattuck Ave., Suite 800 > Berkeley, CA 94704 > Phone: 510-665-8274 > > www.rti.org > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner- >> statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Saidé Salazar >> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 2:45 PM >> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu >> Subject: st: I visualize a different number >> >> Hello guys, >> >> I am capturing a number in Stata, but when I use the command "browse" >> I see a different number. Any idea of what is happening? (I see >> 17440397312 instead of 17440397133) >> >> clear all >> set obs 1 >> gen x = 17440397133 in 1 >> format %15.0fc >> br > > > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/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/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/