string with scientific notation

[Neko Novi]

Hello,

i want to create string variable from numeric variable id, that looks like for example 1021002810 or 30201300080201 and is of the type double and format %17.0g. I use command:

gen str17 ids= string(id)

but i get string that has scientific notation, for example 1.02e+09 or 3.03e+15. Why does this happen and how can i get string that just contains the long number, just in string type?
Thanks
Neko

[Jorrit Gosens]

tostring id, gen(ids) format("%17.0f")

[Neko Novi]

Thanks a lot!