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 should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install autofmt". The module is made available under terms of the GPL v3 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt). Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.
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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)

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