st: New versions of -sdecode-, -factext- and -listtex- on SSC

[Roger Newson <roger.newson@kcl.ac.uk>]

Fellow Statalisters

Thanks to Kit Baum, there are now new versions of the -sdecode-, -factext- 
and -listtex- packages available on SSC. In Stata, use the -ssc- command to 
investigate and install. The packages are described as below on my website.

The new -sdecode- fixes a bug, which caused the -if- and -in- qualifiers 
not to work as advertised in the online help. They now work.

In the new -factext- package, the -factext- and -factmerg- programs have a 
new option -fmiss()-, which generates a new binary variable, indicating, in 
each observation, whether all the factors in the list have missing values 
for that observation.

The new -listtex- has 2 new options, -appendto()- and -handle()-, which 
allow -listtex- to add lines of text to the end of an existing text file. I 
would like to thank Philippe Van Kerm for suggesting these.

Best wishes

Roger

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
package sdecode from http://www.kcl-phs.org.uk/rogernewson/stata7
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

TITLE
      sdecode: Decode a numeric variable to string, formatting unlabelled 
values

DESCRIPTION/AUTHOR(S)
      sdecode is an extended version of decode. It takes, as input, a numeric
      variable, and generates, as output, a string variable, with values
      corresponding to value labels of the numeric variable for labelled 
values,
      and (optionally) formatted values of the numeric variable for unlabelled
      values. The output string values therefore appear as the numeric input
      values appear in output from the tabulate command. The output string
      variable may replace the input numeric variable or be generated as a new
      variable.

      Author: Roger Newson
      Distribution-Date: 27february2003
      Stata-Version: 7

INSTALLATION FILES                                  (click here to install)
      sdecode.ado
      sdecode.hlp
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(click here to return to the previous screen)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
package factext from http://www.kcl-phs.org.uk/rogernewson/stata7
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

TITLE
      factext: Extract factor values from a label variable created by parmest

DESCRIPTION/AUTHOR(S)
      The factext package contains three programs, factext, factmerg and 
factref.
      factext is used to extract factors (categorical variables) from a
      label variable in an output data set created by the parmest package.
      factmerg inputs a list of factors and outputs up to 3 string variables,
      containing, in each observation, the name, variable label and value 
of the
      first factor in the list with a nonmissing value in that observation.
      factref is used to add observations with reference levels for these
      factors, so that the user can include these in plots and/or tables.
      The parmest package creates a data set with 1 obs per estimated 
parameter
      and data on the parameter estimates, confidence limits, P-values, and
      (optionally) also a variable named label, containing the variable 
label for
      the X-variable corresponding to the parameter. If the X-variable is 
a dummy
      variable created by xi, tabulate or John Hendrickx's desmat package, 
then the
      value of label will be of the form "varname==value", where varname is a
      variable name and value is a numeric or string  value. factext uses this
      information to create new factors (categorical variables) with the 
specified
      varnames and values. These new variables can then be used to produce 
tables
      and/or plots. factext can be used together with the descsave 
package, also
      downloadable from SSC or from this website.

      Author: Roger Newson
      Distribution-Date: 27february2004
      Stata-Version: 7

INSTALLATION FILES                                  (click here to install)
      factext.ado
      factext.hlp
      factref.ado
      factref.hlp
      factmerg.ado
      factmerg.hlp
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(click here to return to the previous screen)


----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
package listtex from http://www.kcl-phs.org.uk/rogernewson/stata8
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

TITLE
      listtex: List variables as rows of a TeX, HTML or word processor table

DESCRIPTION/AUTHOR(S)
      listtex outputs a list of variables to the Stata log or to a file as 
TeX,
      HTML or word processor table rows, which can then be inserted into a 
TeX,
      HTML or word processor table by cutting and pasting and/or file linking
      and/or embedding (eg using the TeX \input command). listtex produces the
      table rows, but may also produce a set of header lines before the table
      rows and/or footer lines after the table rows, containing preambles 
and/or
      table definitions and/or table headers and/or table footers, as 
specified
      by the user.

      Author: Roger Newson
      Distribution-Date: 03March2004
      Stata-Version: 8

INSTALLATION FILES                                  (click here to install)
      listtex.ado
      listtex.hlp
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(click here to return to the previous screen)


--
Roger Newson
Lecturer in Medical Statistics
Department of Public Health Sciences
King's College London
5th Floor, Capital House
42 Weston Street
London SE1 3QD
United Kingdom

Tel: 020 7848 6648 International +44 20 7848 6648
Fax: 020 7848 6620 International +44 20 7848 6620
  or 020 7848 6605 International +44 20 7848 6605
Email: roger.newson@kcl.ac.uk
Website: http://www.kcl-phs.org.uk/rogernewson

Opinions expressed are those of the author, not the institution.

*
*   For searches and help try:
*   http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
*   http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
*   http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/