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Re: st: Formatting numeric output


From   Nick Cox <[email protected]>
To   "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject   Re: st: Formatting numeric output
Date   Thu, 16 Jan 2014 17:44:30 +0000

That should be -total-, not -table-.
Nick
[email protected]


On 16 January 2014 17:43, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> In general, the answer is to define an appropriate -format- for the
> variables concerned.
>
> In this case, there is a -cformat()- option for -total-; whether there
> is enough room in the table for the number of characters you ask for
> is not something  I can experiment on right now. The alternative is to
> pick up the e-class results of -table- and arrange your own
> -display-s.
>
> In your example, even the first digit is highly uncertain, so wanting
> display to the precision of 1 part in 10^11 seems puzzling....
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
>
> On 16 January 2014 17:23, Liebrand, Carolyn - RD, Washington, DC
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Elementary question, I'm sure:
>>
>> How do I get the results to read "37,024,802.387" instead of 3.70e+07?
>>
>> I am simply trying to get the sums of a set of financial variables.
>>
>> . total milk12
>>
>>                Total                   Std. Err.                [95% Conf.            Interval]
>>
>> milk12   3.70e+07             1.32e+07             1.08e+07             6.32e+07
>>
>> I need more precision than "3.70e"
>>
>> Thank you very much,
>>
>> Carolyn Liebrand
>>
>>
>>
>>
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