Re: st: Listtex: headlines and append

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

At 07:40 08/10/2005, Herve wrote:
> Dear All:
>
> I have two questions concerning -listtex- (downloadable from ssc).
>
> I want to export two variations of a list of countries.
>
> Question 1: Headlines
>
> With the following command, I would like to get a column title: 
> "sample39_absence" above the first list of countries.
>
> listtex name using table_countries if sample39_absence==1, 
> rstyle(tabdelim) headlines("sample39_absence") replace
>
> I get the countries but no title.
>
> Question 2: Append
>
> I would like to append the second list of countries below the first one. I 
> use the following command:
>
> listtex name using table_countries if sample32_absence==1, 
> rstyle(tabdelim) headlines("sample32_absence") appendto(table_countries)
>
> I get the following error message:
>
> file table_countries.raw already exists
Thanks to Herve to alerting me about this bug in -listtex-. This bug is 
activated when the user specifies a -using- file or an -appendto()- file 
without an extension, and can be fixed by specifying a -using- or 
-appendto()- file with an extension, as in

listtex name using table_countries.txt if sample39_absence==1, 
rstyle(tabdelim) headlines("sample39_absence") replace

or

listtex name using table_countries.txt if sample32_absence==1, 
rstyle(tabdelim) headlines("sample32_absence") appendto(table_countries.txt)

Adding a filename extension is an immediate fix. The reason for this bug is 
that -listtex- uses both -outfile- and -file-. Given a filename without an 
extension, -file- assumes a file without an extension, and -outfile- adds 
the extension .raw, as in table_countries.raw. I am currently working on a 
long term policy for -listtex- regarding filenames without extensions.

I hope this helps. (Let me know if it doesn't.)

Best wishes

Roger



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