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Re: st: -outreg-, factor variables and LaTeX special characters
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John Luke Gallup <[email protected]>
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Re: st: -outreg-, factor variables and LaTeX special characters
Date
Fri, 25 Oct 2013 14:26:14 -0700
Jorge,
I overlooked the issue of the "#" characters for TeX output when I included support for factor variables in -outreg-. Thanks for pointing this out. I will try to fix this within the next week or so.
John
On Oct 24, 2013, at 1:55 PM, Jorge Eduardo Pérez Pérez <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am using -outreg- (version 4.29) to export regression results to
> latex. -outreg- does not handle LaTeX special characters
> automatically. The issue shows up when using factor variables, because
> # appears frequently.
>
> For example, if I export a regression table, make a proper tex
> document out of it using the user written command -maketex- and try to
> compile it using texify, it will fail to compile because of the #
> character in the factor variable.
>
> sysuse auto, clear
> reg price c.mpg##c.turn
> outreg using test.tex, tex replace
> maketex using test.tex
> !texify -p -c -b --run-viewer test.tex
>
> Is there a workaround to this using -outreg- ? I could try -estout-,
> -outreg2- (which I think has the same issue) etc ..., but I am just
> used to -outreg-
>
> Thank you,
>
> --------------------------------------------
> Jorge Eduardo Pérez Pérez
> Graduate Student
> Department of Economics
> Brown University
>
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