How to create a table out of values stored in local?

[Patrick Lambertus]

Hello,

I am computing Gini coefficients for different income distributions and want to create a simple table which shows the Gini coefficient for each respective distribution.

I am currently using 7 distributions (c_1 till c_7), and using the command ineqdeco to compute Gini coefficients.
This is the code I have written so far:

    foreach i of numlist 1/7 {
    ineqdeco c_`i'
    local gini_`i' = r(gini)
    }    
    foreach i of numlist 1/7 {
    display `gini_`i''
    }

I simply save the Gini as a unique local and then list all the Gini coefficients. However, I want to create a table with two columns (distribution & Gini coefficient) which shows the type of distribution and respective Gini in each row.

I have never done something like this and my use of locals was my best guess as a starting point. I am not able to find a guide for this in the Stata manuals, since I do not know where to look.

Could anyone help me or push me in the right direction?

Thanks!

[Maarten Buis]

I typicaly do something like that by collecting the results in a matrix, and than use matlist to display that matrix.

matrix res = J(7,1,.)
matrix colnames res = "Gini"
matrix rownames res = "c_1" "c_2" "c_3" "c_4" "c_5" "c_6"  "c_7"

foreach i of numlist 1/7 {
    ineqdeco c_`i'
    matrix res[i,1] = r(gini)
}
matlist res

[Patrick Lambertus]

Thanks, that works!

Just a small typo correction for anyone interested in this code:

matrix res = J(7,1,.)
matrix colnames res = "Gini"matrix rownames res = "c_1" "c_2" "c_3" "c_4" "c_5" "c_6" "c_7"

foreach i of numlist 1/7 {
    ineqdeco c_`i'
    matrix res[`i',1] = r(gini)
}
matlist res