4:38 p.m.
Thank you for your answers.
The data format is not persistent. Sometimes the data is imported with one
decimal place but usually the data is without decimal places (at least with
the view data menu).
If I understand when you display the data you get only integers but the
calculations in Gretl are done with all the decimal places?
Would it be possible to change this to allow Gretl to import data with all
the decimal places and to display it accordingly in which case you don't
need any more the menu Reformat\Show\Decimal places\n,
Regards
Raul
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Am 10.10.2015 um 15:15 schrieb Raul Gimeno:
Hello
I have imported data from Excel into Gretl.
Numbers like 90454.8169 are displayed in Gretl without decimal places.
When I go to display values and chose select data format with 4
decimal places the same numbers are displayed as in Excel.
This format does not remain. When I display the data again the round
numbers appear.
I can confirm that the format choice is not persistent (on Windows). Not
sure if that is by design or a bug.
cheers,
sven
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This is data display and nod data processing option This is general and not
xls-import specific It's hard to invent a situation when a specific format
is needed but for saving a table of values in a text editor In this case
it's not difficult to use \Reformat\Show\Decimal places\n, n<=15 These
settings determine what you see and not what you estimate
cheers,
Oleh
10 ?????? 2015, 16:15:44, ??? "Raul Gimeno" <mrexito(a)vtxmail.ch>:
Hello
?
I have imported data from Excel into Gretl.
Numbers like 90454.8169 are displayed in Gretl without decimal
places.
When I go to display values and chose select data format with 4
decimal
places the same numbers are displayed as in Excel.
This format does not remain. When I? display the data again the?
round
numbers appear.
How can I have the data in Gretl with 4 decimal places?
Thank you for your help
Raul Gimeno
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4:45 p.m.
Am 11.10.2015 um 18:38 schrieb Raul Gimeno:
Thank you for your answers.
The data format is not persistent. Sometimes the data is imported with one
decimal place but usually the data is without decimal places (at least with
the view data menu).
If I understand when you display the data you get only integers but the
calculations in Gretl are done with all the decimal places?
Obviously Raul is confused about what happens to the data on import.
Maybe something should be changed in the "view data" window to avoid
this kind of confusion, assuming he is representative of some fraction
of the user base.
For example, in the header next to the variable name something like
"showing x decimal places" could be printed. (This is not a definitive
suggestion, just an example.)
cheers,
sven
5:04 p.m.
On Sun, 11 Oct 2015, Raul Gimeno wrote:
Thank you for your answers.
In addition please see
http://lists.wfu.edu/pipermail/gretl-users/2015-October/011195.html
If I understand when you display the data you get only integers...
No, you see what gretl considers a suitable number of significant
figures, given the input. In some cases this will involve showing
"integer" values but in general not.
To understand this, try copying the following comma separated data
to a CSV file, open it in gretl, select all the series x1 to x5, and
choose /Data/Display values.
x1,x2,x3,x4,x5
1,1.1234,1234.45678,0.00001,123456789.1
2,2.1234,2234.45678,0.00002,223456789.1
3,3.1234,3234.45678,0.00003,323456789.1
4,4.1234,4234.45678,0.00004,423456789.1
5,5.1234,5234.45678,0.00005,523456789.1
(I'll also attach this as a .csv file but I'm not sure how ell that
will come out via pipermail.)
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