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Conversion from double to float when counting differences #20
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Description
For float
variables, do not count a value as a difference even if it differs from the value in the replacements file as long as the two values' float
representation is the same. Example replacements file for the auto dataset:
make |
varname | value |
---|---|---|
Volvo 260 |
gear_ratio |
2.9800001 |
E.g., the following code creates this replacements file, then feeds it to readreplace
:
clear
set obs 1
gen make = "Volvo 260"
gen varname = "gear_ratio"
gen double value = 2.9800001
tempfile rf
sa `rf'
sysuse auto, clear
tempfile auto
sa `auto'
assert gear_ratio == float(2.9800001) if make == "Volvo 260"
readreplace using `rf', id(make) var(varname) val(value) use
cf _all using `auto'
There is no actual replacement to gear_ratio
, which we confirm with cf
, because even though gear_ratio != 2.9800001
in that observation, gear_ratio == float(2.9800001)
. Yet readreplace
displays that there is 1
replacement. This is wrong and should be fixed.