st: RE: How to easily insert all tab statistics into matrix for export

["David Radwin" <dradwin@mprinc.com>]

Stephen,

Another nice program for automatically generating tables in CSV and other
formats is Ian Watson's -tabout-, available from SSC. Be sure to download
the PDF help file.

David
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-
> statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Stephen Cranney
> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 11:27 AM
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject: st: How to easily insert all tab statistics into matrix for
> export
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm trying to insert all of the statistics I derive from the tab
> command into a matrix so that I can use the frmttable command to
> automate the frequency table generation. Specifically, I'm using the
> row percentage command, but the row statistics are not collected in
> the  matrix. So I'm wondering if there's a way to automatically place
> the row statistics in the matrix or, if that's not an option, if
> there's an efficient way to calculate a percentage row beneath each
> row in the matrix that doesn't require customizing the dimensions for
> each respective frequency table. I've done way too many of these
> tables by hand in excel. Surely there has to be a way to automate
> this.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Stephen
> 
> 
> --
> Stephen Cranney
> 
> PhD Student
> Graduate Group in Demography
> University of Pennsylvania
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