Fellow listers,
I am trying to learn to write Latex files from Stata/Mata with the
file commands and have a couple of questions:
1. What is the difference between using simple quotes " xxx "
compared with `" xxx "' type quotes? The user manual displays simple
quotes for write commands
file write handle "first part is"
while in the Gini/Pasquini' Automatic Generation of Document article
from Stata Journal vol 6 number 1, the typical example
uses a format like,
file write handle `"first part is"'
I would like to know how they are treated differently, if at all.
2. A more complicated question. How does one use a $ sign in a file
write command and not have Stata treat it as a global macro? For
instance, the end of the following command:
file write tex "\begin{tabular}{lrrrrrrrrrrr}\hline\\ \scriptsize
Model & `: word 1 of `:colname e(b)'' & p-val & "
file write tex "`: word 2 of `:colname e(b)'' & p-val & `: word 3 of
`:colname e(b)'' & p-val & `: word 4 of `:colname e(b)'' & "
file write tex "p-val & `: word 5 of `:colname e(b)'' & p-val & adj.
$R^2$ \\" _n
file write tex "\vspace{0.05in}" _n
generates:
\begin{tabular}{lrrrrrrrrrrr}\hline\\ \scriptsize Model & FFMkt &
p-val & SMB & p-val & HML & p-val & UMD & p-val & _cons & p-val & adj.
^2$ \\
and I end up with ^2$ as opposed to the $R^2$ term I need for a Latex
math string. I also tried
`=char(35)'R^2$
without any change in results. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Tom
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Thomas Jacobs
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