AUTOFMT: Stata module to automatically format a significant number of digits

Roy Wada

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: autofmt provides a fast and easy way to format decimals to a significant number of digits. It will handle leading or trailing zeros. It will go into exponential format when the number is too small or too large.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 7.0
Keywords: significant digit; format; leading or trailing zeros (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-10-03
Note: This module may be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install autofmt". Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.

Downloads: (external link)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/a/autofmt.ado program code (text/plain)
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/a/autofmt.hlp help file (text/plain)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: http://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:boc:bocode:s457082

Ordering information: This software item can be ordered from
http://repec.org/docs/ssc.php

Access Statistics for this software item

More software in Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics
Address: Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill MA 02467 USA
Contact information at EDIRC.
Series data maintained by Christopher F Baum ().