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| Title | Which versions of Stata have the table, dtable, etable, and collect commands? | |
| Author | Peter Fuschich, StataCorp |
While table has been an official command as far back as Stata 6, it was redesigned in Stata 17 with new syntax and functionality as part of the new suite of collect commands (the old behavior is preserved in version control).
The table command is a flexible command for creating tables of many types—tabulations, tables of summary statistics, tables of regression results, and more. Additionally, the table command can create tables with results from other Stata commands, such as regress.
The dtable command is a new Stata command and is available in Stata 18.
The dtable command works off of the upgraded Stata table command and allows you to easily create a table of descriptive (summary) statistics, commonly known as “Table 1”. Optionally, you can add p-values for tests across groups. You can also create a table complete with a title, notes, and more, which you can then export to a variety of file types.
The etable command is a relatively new command that was added to Stata 17 in the November 17, 2021, update.
The etable command provides a simple syntax for building tables from estimation results and allows you to export these tables to a variety of file types. You can create a customizable table with a title, notes, stars for indicating significant results, and much more.
The collect suite of commands was introduced to Stata users in the initial release of Stata 17.
The collect suite of commands is a very powerful tool for creating and customizing many types of tables. First, you collect results from one or more Stata commands; for example, you can collect results such as summary statistics, regression results, and results of tests performed after model fitting. We call the collected results from one or more commands a collection. Then, you arrange the results by specifying the table layout. Finally, you can customize the numeric formatting, borders, font type, and much more. The tables created by table, dtable, and etable can all be further customized with the collect commands.
