Hello Stata members,

I am analysing dataset in which pid is stored in double format. Since I want to merge different datasets (using pid) to create a single dataset, I need to know the "real numbers" in pid. I used recast command but it is of no help. Using "force" option also did not help as it convert values of pid into missing.

pid looks like below:

list pid in 1/10


pid

1. 1.0e+00
2. 2.0e+00
3. 1.0e+00
4. 1.0e+00
5. 1.0e+00
6. 1.0e+00
7. 2.0e+00
8. 2.0e+00
9. 1.0e+00
10. 1.0e+00

Can anyone help please?

Many thanks