Hello again
Another instant fix. If Herve wants to use -listtex- to create files
without extensions, then one way (at least under Windows) is to specify a
filename ending in a period, without an extension, as in
listtex name using table_countries. if sample39_absence==1,
rstyle(tabdelim) headlines("sample39_absence") replace
This should create a file named table_countries (without an extension), at
least under Windows. The next update of -listtex- may add a period to any
non-empty -using- or -appendto()- filename not containing a period, at
least under Windows. (I am thinking aloud here about possible solutions.)
Best wishes (and thanks again to Herve for notifying me about this bug)
Roger
At 17:37 09/10/2005, I wrote:
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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