The brackets need to be separated by a blank, i.e.
. estout *, cells(se(par({ })))
^^^
or
. estout *, cells(se(par([ ])))
In general:
. estout *, cells(se(par("left token" "right token")))
ben
> -----Original Message-----
>
> Is it possible to use brackets in estout instead of parentheses to
wrap
> the
> standard errors? In the help file it says that one could obtain curly
> brackets by using se(par({})). Nevertheless, when I do something like
>
> estout *, cells(se(par({})))
>
> what I get is
>
> {}se
>
> instead of
>
> {se}
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alejandro
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