cross-referencing tables produced with esttab in markstat

[Giovanni Colitti]

Referencing equations and figures (as described here: https://data.princeton.edu/stata/markdown/crossref) works well for my purposes, but I'm struggling to extend this to tables produced using -esttab-.

Is it possible to label tables produced with -esttab- inside a markstat (.stmd) file?

[Giovanni Colitti]

The key to labeling tables with -esttab- for reference in a document knitted together with the help of -markstat- is to first output the table to tex format and label the table in the title:

qui esttab some_estimate using "table-of-estimates.tex", booktabs replace title("This is a title\label{table1}")

Then you can insert the table in your .stmd file:

\input{table-of-estimates.tex}

And reference the table accordingly:

\ref{table1}

Finally, for this all to work you must keep the intermediary latex output and use -pdflatex- to complete a second conversion:

markstat using file.stmd, pdf strict keep(do tex)
whereis pdflatex
! "`r(pdflatex)'" file.tex
view browse file.pdf

I want to thank German Rodriguez for creating -markstat-. Consider visiting his website to learn more: https://data.princeton.edu.

[German Rodriguez]

Hi Giovanni Colitti. Sorry I missed your question last week, but glad to see that you sorted it out. I have modified the discussion of cross-references at https://data.princeton.edu/stata/markdown/crossref by adding a short paragraph with a link to your question and answer on this post. Thanks!