Re: st: Tabs in -listtex- header

[Roger Newson <roger.newson@kcl.ac.uk>]

At 17:45 27/07/2004, Friedrich Huebler wrote:
> Dear List Members,
>
> Apologies for taking up much bandwidth today. I use -listtex-
> (available at SSC) to create tab-delimited text files for import into
> a word processor. I would like to add tab-delimited headers that
> match the data rows.
>
> . sysuse auto, clear
> . listtex make price mpg using "table.txt", head("Make Price MPG")
> rstyle(tabdelim) replace
>
> I have tried various methods to add tabs to the header but did not
> succeed. Can this be done?
Yes. Use the -char()- function as follows:


. sysuse auto, clear
(1978 Automobile Data)

. local tab=char(9)

. listtex make price mpg using "table.txt", head("Make`tab'Price`tab'MPG") 
rstyle(tabdelim) replace

.

More helpful info about the -char()- function can be found in Nick Cox's 
Stata Tip on the subject (Cox, 2004).

I hope this helps.

Roger

References

Cox NJ. Stata Tip 6: inserting awkward characters in the plot. The Stata 
Journal 2004; 4(1): 95-96.



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