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st: error calculating powers
From
"Y.R.E. Retamal" <[email protected]>
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Subject
st: error calculating powers
Date
Tue, 11 Feb 2014 10:59:06 +0000
Dear list
I need to calculate large numbers using STATA. For example, 3333^3 =
37025927037
However, when I calculate it using STATA,
g example=3333^3
format %15.0f
The "example" variable shows the following values: 37025927168, quite
different from the true value.
Do you have any idea about this?
Rodrigo
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