Surajit Das wrote:
> I am trying to get an output in stata which can go into a latex file to
> make the tables. I need to print a latex command like
> \multirow{2}{*}{State}&\multicolumn......
>
> Hence I give the following command in stata.
> di "\multirow{2}{*}{State}&...."
>
> But the output does not contain the expression {*}
>
> Here is the command and output.
> . di "{*}"
>
> .
> . di "{**}"
> {**}
>
> .
>
> Can anyone please explain me why this discrimination against single star
> {*}?
I think the problem with the single star is that, in SCML, a single star is
a comment indicator, indicating that what follows (after at least one space
but inside the braces) is a comment. Therefore
