Translate for tranlating a log from log to smcl not working

[Bruce McDougall]

Hi all

I cannot get the translate command to work as expected in Stata 17 or 18. Code to generate an example below:

clear all
cap log close
log using example.log, replace
set obs 10
gen one=1

cap log close
translate "example.log" "example.smcl"

This generates the error " translator log2smcl not found "

However, there is no package log2smcl that I can see to download, or other way to fix this. I have tried just bluntly renaming to .smcl which sort of works but does not seem wise.

Any ideas?

Kind regards,
Bruce

[Nick Cox]

I think the bug here is just the text vice versa in the help file, which implies support that isn't given.

Introducing SMCL mark-up retrospectively into a log file without mark-up isn't on offer so far as I can see.

[Bruce McDougall]

Hi Nick.

Ok, that is a bit frustrating after racking my brains for 2 hours but at least I now know.

Thanks for your response and for clarifying. Can I help by following up with someone who does the help file for example ?

All the best,
Bruce

[Nick Cox]

If you email StataCorp technical support they can always forward your email internally.

[Bruce McDougall]

Thank you Nick