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Re: st: error calculating powers


From   Nick Cox <[email protected]>
To   "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject   Re: st: error calculating powers
Date   Tue, 11 Feb 2014 12:12:02 +0000

See the help on -precision-. You need a -double-.

. set obs 1
obs was 0, now 1

. gen double x1 = 3333^3

. gen x2 = 3333^3

. format %21x x*

. l

     +-----------------------------------------------+
     |                    x1                      x2 |
     |-----------------------------------------------|
  1. | +1.13dd59efa0000X+023   +1.13dd5a0000000X+023 |
     +-----------------------------------------------+

. format %15.0f x*

. l

     +---------------------------+
     |          x1            x2 |
     |---------------------------|
  1. | 37025927037   37025927168 |
     +---------------------------+

Nick
[email protected]


On 11 February 2014 10:59, Y.R.E. Retamal <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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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