AW: st: Table Export of suffix / index

["Meulemann Max" <mmeulemann@ethz.ch>]

That is what I am trying to label my variable so that Latex would understand it as a math environment input

Therefore I tried label var x $CO_2$ which would give the proper chemical notation and not an italic CO, I just checked.

I will consider the manual -estout- way, but it would just be nice to find way to solve it directly with labelling, so that I don't have to adapt every -estout command individually

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Von: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] Im Auftrag von Nick Cox
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 10. Januar 2013 15:19
An: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
Betreff: Re: st: Table Export of suffix / index

You have to use Stata to write LaTeX code, which is then interpreted externally. Stata does not interpret LaTeX mark-up internally. Note in particular that the $ sign is used in Stata in global macro references (when it is not taken literally as a dollar sign). So using $ $ or $$ $$ to indicate math[s] would be difficult at best in Stata.

By the way, $CO_2$ in LaTeX gives you italic "CO", which is not standard for chemical notation.

Nick

On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Meulemann  Max <mmeulemann@ethz.ch> wrote:
> Im using Stata 12. I d like to directly export variables label names like CO_2 or x^2 so that Latex will display them properly when I tell tabout, sutex or estout to use labels.
>
> I tried several version like
>
> label var x "$CO_2$"
> or
> label var x "\[CO_2\]
>
> but I either just get a $ or $\backslash$
>
> Is there a way to label the variable properly that latex understands it.
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