Issue with -@span- in -estout-

[Albert Sfredo]

Hi everyone,

I am trying to create a table in LaTeX using -estout- to export my results. In the following example, there is no problem:

sysuse auto
eststo: quietly reg price weight if foreign==0
eststo: quietly reg price weight mpg if foreign==0
eststo: quietly reg price weight if foreign==1
eststo: quietly reg price weight mpg if foreign==1
estout using "example.tex", ///
cells(b(star) t(par)) stats(r2 N) ///
prehead("\begin{tabular}{lc*{@M}{c}}" "\hline\hline") posthead(\hline) prefoot(\hline) postfoot(\hline\hline) ///
mgroups("Domestic" "Foreign", pattern(1 0 1 0) span prefix(\multicolumn{@span}{c}{) suffix(}) erepeat(\cmidrule(lr){@span})) ///
style(tex) label nolegend collabels(none) mlabel(none) numbers eqlabels(none) varlabels(_cons Constant) starlevels(* 0.10 ** 0.05 *** 0.01) replace
eststo clear

Now, I add a hypothesis column to the table, but -@span- does not understand there is an extra column that has been added, and consequently the line segments below the header are one column off. Is there a way to make -@span- increase by one, so that I do not have to manually change -erepeat(\cmidrule(lr){@span})-?

sysuse auto
eststo: quietly reg price weight if foreign==0
eststo: quietly reg price weight mpg if foreign==0
eststo: quietly reg price weight if foreign==1
eststo: quietly reg price weight mpg if foreign==1
estout using "example.tex", ///
cells(b(star) t(par)) stats(r2 N) ///
prehead("\begin{tabular}{lc*{@M}{c}}" "\hline\hline") posthead(\hline) prefoot(\hline) postfoot(\hline\hline) ///
mgroups("Domestic" "Foreign", pattern(1 0 1 0) span prefix(\multicolumn{@span}{c}{) suffix(}) erepeat(\cmidrule(lr){@span})) ///
style(tex) label nolegend collabels(none) mlabel(none) numbers eqlabels(none) varlabels(_cons Constant) starlevels(* 0.10 ** 0.05 *** 0.01) replace ///
labcol(+ +, title("" Hyp.))
eststo clear

In LaTeX, I am using:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\begin{document}
\input{example}
\end{tabular}
\end{document}

Any idea is appreciated. Thanks,

Albert

[Nils Enevoldsen]

I think this constitutes a bug. I've reported it at the GitHub repository.

[Albert Sfredo]

Nils,

Thank you for trying to disseminate the issue further and hopefully reaching someone that can help me. I'll keep an eye on the GitHub website too. Thanks,

Albert

[Nils Enevoldsen]

Ben Jann fixed this issue in estout 3.21.

[Albert Sfredo]

Nils, I apologize for the late reply.

By the time, I ended up doing some work around it, but it is working perfectly now. Thank you, and Ben for updating the code.

Albert