st: New version of -factext- on SSC

[Roger Newson <r.newson@imperial.ac.uk>]

Thanks to Kit Baum, a new version of the -factext- package is now 
available for download from SSC. In Stata, use the -ssc- command to do 
this, or -adoupdate- if you already have an old version of -factext-.

The -factext- package is described as below on my website, and 
regenerates factor variables (and spline reference values) in -parmest- 
output datasets (or resultssets). The new version still has the same 
program file, but the on-line help is now a Stata Version 10 .sthlp 
file, and has been updated to refer to the -flexcurv- module of the 
-bspline- package, also downloadable from SSC. For most applications 
involving factor variables in Stata 11, the Stata 10 package -factext- 
has been superseded by the Stata 11 package -fvregen-. However, 
-factext- will probably continue to be useful with reference splines, 
such as those produced by -flexcurv-.

Best wishes

Roger


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package factext from http://www.imperial.ac.uk/nhli/r.newson/stata10
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TITLE
      factext: Extract factor values from a label variable created by 
parmest

DESCRIPTION/AUTHOR(S)
      factext is used to extract factors (categorical variables) from a
      label variable in an output data set created by the parmest package.
      The parmest package creates a data set with 1 obs per estimated 
parameter
      and data on the parameter estimates, confidence limits, P-values, and
      (optionally) also a variable named label, containing the variable 
label for
      the X-variable corresponding to the parameter. If the X-variable 
is a dummy
      variable created by xi, tabulate or John Hendrickx's desmat 
package, then the
      value of label will be of the form "varname==value", where 
varname is a
      variable name and value is a numeric or string  value. factext 
uses this
      information to create new factors (categorical variables) with 
the specified
      varnames and values. These new variables can then be used to 
produce tables
      and/or plots. factext can be used together with the descsave 
package, also
      downloadable from SSC or from this website. Users of Stata 
versions 11
      and above should probably use the fvregen package, also 
downloadable from
      SSC, instead of using factext.

      Author: Roger Newson
      Distribution-Date: 24january2011
      Stata-Version: 10

INSTALLATION FILES                                  (click here to install)
      factext.ado
      factext.sthlp
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