Re: st: Table Export of suffix / index

[Aljar Meesters <aljar.meesters@gmail.com>]

Since Stata treats $ as a global macro reference, you have to escape it with \.
This should work (at least in Stata 11.2)
label var x "\$CO_2\$"
Best,

Aljar


2013/1/10 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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> 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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