diffpi

Stata help for diffpi

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help for diffpi
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Difference expressed as a percentage



    diffpi #1 #2 [, format(%fmt) ]



Description



    diffpi provides the percentage of #1 to be added or subtracted,
          depending on its positive or negative sign, to #1 to get
          #2.  It is an immediate command, see help immed.



Options



    format(%fmt) specifies the display format for presenting numbers.
        format(%3.2f) is the default; see help format.



Examples



     . diffpi 100 20
     . diffpi 80 100
     . diffpi 46 43
     . diffpi 46 43 , f(%5.4f)
     . diffpi 1.1 1.5 



Support



    http://nicolaorsini.altervista.org
    nicola.orsini@imm.ki.se

Worked examples for diffpi

Click here to run or save the do-file


. capture net install http://nicolaorsini.altervista.org/stata/diffpi

. which diffpi
c:\ado\stbplus\d\diffpi.ado
*! 1.0 N.Orsini 19 Jan 2005

. 
. diffpi 100 20
    -80.00%

. diffpi 80 100
    +25.00%

. diffpi 46 43
    -6.52%

. diffpi 46 43 , f(%5.4f)
    -6.5217%

. diffpi 1.1 1.5 
    +36.36%

. return list

scalars:
             r(rdiff) =  36.36363636363635

macros:
               r(cmd) : "diffpi"