Re: st: RE: List long table

[Ronnie Babigumira <rb.glists@gmail.com>]

Thank you, Martin.

For someone quick to point others to the help files, I am embarrassed by the fact that I did not see this, even more, 
that I actually sent out the email (I will find solace in the fact that learning is an endless process).

Ronnie

Martin Weiss wrote:

> Note that the official command -list- does have a -header(#)- option which
> allows repetition of header information at any interval.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Ronnie Babigumira
> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 8:28 AM
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject: st: List long table
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> Dear list
> I have an idea for a small "program" but have no idea where to even start.
>
> I am doing some data cleaning which primarily lists suspect cases.
> Some of the tables are long and span multiple pages. I want to be able
> to repeat the header (variable names) on the next page. Since I am
> mainly inserting the log files into an MS Word document, I know that
> 17 rows would fit nicely on a landscape A4 page.
>
> So, how do I
> 1. List a maximum of 17 rows per page
> 2. Continue the listing on the next page carrying over the header
> information
> 3. (as a bonus, I would like to add a line -continued- if the table is
> spanning. This is not necessary but would be a useful addition)
>
> See illustration below
>
> In essence, this would be the Stata version of the LaTeX longtable package.
>
> Ronnie
>
>    +---------------------------------------------------+
>    | villcode | land_v_cat | land_v_total | landtotcal |
>    |----------+------------+--------------+------------|
>    |        5 |          7 |            . |       12.5 |
>    |----------+------------+--------------+------------|
>    |        5 |          8 |         12.5 |          0 |
>    |----------+------------+--------------+------------|
>    |        5 |         14 |         32.5 |          0 |
>    |----------+------------+--------------+------------|
>    |       24 |          1 |          1.5 |       1.47 |
>    |----------+------------+--------------+------------|
>    			.	
>    			.
>    			17 rows
> 		   --- cont ---
>    +---------------------------------------------------+
>    | villcode | land_v_cat | land_v_total | landtotcal |
>    |----------+------------+--------------+------------|
>    |       30 |          7 |          .12 |          0 |
>    |----------+------------+--------------+------------|
>    |       30 |         11 |        27.93 |          0 |
>    |----------+------------+--------------+------------|
>    |       30 |         14 |        91.75 |          0 |
>    |----------+------------+--------------+------------|
>    |       31 |          4 |        26.95 |          0 |
>    |----------+------------+--------------+------------|
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