Trailing but not leading zeros in display format

[John Mullahy]

I would like to display a set of probabilities at two decimal places but with no leading zeros. E.g. I would like .95 to display as .95 and .90 to display as .90. I don't want .90 to display as 0.90 or as .9. Is there a display format that accomplishes this or do I need to resort to string manipulation (which is what I've been doing)?

loc p95=.95
di %3.2f `p95'
di %3.2g `p95'

loc p90=.90
di %3.2f `p90'
di %3.2g `p90'

Results:

. loc p95=.95

. di %3.2f `p95'
0.95

. di %3.2g `p95'
 .95

.
. loc p90=.90

. di %3.2f `p90'
0.90

. di %3.2g `p90'
  .9

[Nick Cox]

Good question. Does this help?

.forval j = 0(5)95 {
 di `j'/100    "{col 7}." %02.0f `j'
 }

0     .00
.05   .05
.1    .10
.15   .15
.2    .20
.25   .25
.3    .30
.35   .35
.4    .40
.45   .45
.5    .50
.55   .55
.6    .60
.65   .65
.7    .70
.75   .75
.8    .80
.85   .85
.9    .90
.95   .95

.
In other words:

1. Display the decimal point.
2. Display probability x 100 with leading 0.

mylabels from SSC will do it:

. mylabels 0(5)95, myscale(@/100) prefix(.) format(%02.0f) local(wanted)
0 ".00" .05 ".05" .1 ".10" .15 ".15" .2 ".20" .25 ".25" .3 ".30" .35 ".35" .4 ".40" .45 ".45" .5 ".50" .55
".55" .6 ".60" .65 ".65" .7 ".70" .75 ".75" .8 ".80" .85 ".85" .9 ".90" .95 ".95"

.

[John Mullahy]

Thanks Nick. That'll work quite well for my purposes.