1.6.2 23sep2023overview installation update history authortexsave is a Stata command that outputs the dataset currently in memory to a file in LaTeX format. It uses the booktabs, tabularx, and geometry LaTeX packages to produce publication-quality tables. The syntax is described in the Stata help file included in this package.
Julian Reif’s Stata Coding Guide provides a tutorial.
Type which texsave at the Stata prompt to determine which version you have installed. To install the most recent version, copy and paste the following line of code:
net install texsave, from("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/reifjulian/texsave/master") replace
To install the version that was uploaded to SSC, copy and paste the following line of code:
ssc install texsave, replace
After installing, type help texsave to learn the syntax.
rowstretch(), rowheight(), colwidth(), and tablelines() optionsheaderlines2() optionalign()@{} to header alignment\parboxdataonly option, which outputs only content of the table (no variable names, footnotes, etc.)endash option to work with multiple negative valuessiunitx packagetexsave now outputs en dash’s instead of hyphens for negative numbers. Specifying noendash restores previous behavior.headersep() option, with new default: \addlinespace[\belowrulesep]preamble() optionJulian Reif
University of Illinois
jreif@illinois.edu