st: saving -tabstatmat- output as matrix/data

["Enayetur Raheem" <eraheem@wechealthunit.org>]

Hi Stata experts
 
I was searching for a way to save -tabstatmat- output as a matrix so
that I can transform it as data. Any suggestion would be much
appreciated. 
 
Lets consider the Auto data:

. sysuse auto, clear
 
. tabstat price, by(foreign) stat(mean) save
 
Summary for variables: price
     by categories of: foreign (Car type)
 
 foreign |      mean
---------+----------
Domestic |  6072.423
 Foreign |  6384.682
---------+----------
   Total |  6165.257
--------------------

What I want to achieve is to save the following output to a matrix (or
any other way to make it the data) 
 
. tabstatmat price
 
price[3,1]
                   price
Domestic:mean  6072.4231
 Foreign:mean  6384.6818
   Total:mean  6165.2568


Thanks in advance. 


Enayetur Raheem
Data Analyst
Epidemiology Department
Windsor Essex County Health Unit
1005 Ouellette Avenue
Windsor, ON, N9A 4J8

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