In Stata, how to transfer matrix to LaTeX table?

[Yao Zhao]

I have a matrix, which contains all the numbers I want. Now I need to design a table in LaTeX and use these numbers. In other words, I will edit table headers and so on in LaTeX, but the inside numbers are from Stata.

[Wouter Wakker]

The community-contributed estout package (from the Stata Journal or SSC) can do that.

[Nick Cox]

Cross-posted at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/...to-latex-table

Please note our policy on cross-posting, which is that you are asked to tell us about it.

[Yao Zhao]

Hi Wouter, estpost is my first choice but I after I google,

I think estpost ttest supports only the "Two-sample t test using groups", and hence the required option by(groupvar). It is not in my case. So I don't know how I should do.

[Yao Zhao]

Hi Nick, I see. I don't know such a policy. I'm sorry. I'm in a rush to figure it out and got zero response here. Thus, I was trying to post outside.

[Nick Cox]

https://www.statalist.org/forums/help#crossposting explains. (The question on SO is now closed in any case.)

[Wouter Wakker]

You say in #1 that you already constructed a matrix which you want to export to latex. So this should do it:

esttab matrix(matname) using myfile, latex

Or you can use estout instead of esttab for more flexibility.

[Yao Zhao]

Hi Nick, thanks. Now I understand the rule.

[Yao Zhao]

Hi Wouter, -estout matrix(matname)- can do it. Thank you!

[Yao Zhao]

Both estout and esttab can transfer matrix to LaTeX. Which one should I use?

[Wouter Wakker]

Using esttab gets you a nicely formatted table with minimal amount of coding. Estout usually requires more coding to get what you want but is more flexible. So it is essentially a trade-off between the flexibility of estout vs. the ease of use of esttab.

[Yao Zhao]

Very clear answer. Thank you so much!