ssc install sjlog not found

[kotak kumar]

I have the following code from book fiels " Aa introduction to stata". when I run the following code it gives an error "could not be opened" . I have also installed sjlatex but still could not run this code. Please guide how to solve this issue
sjlog using logs/ch9.01, replace

[Dirk Enzmann]

sjlog is a Stata command. Did you try help sjlog?

[Bruce Weaver]

Hello Dirk Enzmann. When I tried -help sjlog- just now (with version 18.5), I got this result:

help for sjlog not found
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st0620 from http://www.stata-journal.com/software/sj20-4
    SJ20-4 st0620. Analysis of regression-discontinuity ... / Analysis of
    regression-discontinuity designs / with multiple cutoffs or multiple
    scores / by Matias D. Cattaneo, Princeton University, / Princeton, NJ /
    Rocio Titiunik, Princeton University, / Princeton, NJ / Gonzalo

sjlatex from http://www.stata-journal.com/production
    sjlatex:  LaTeX files for the Stata Journal / sjlatex contains the LaTeX
    document class and packages for the / Stata Journal. / The ancillary files
    should be installed using the sjlatex command / from within Stata. /
    Distribution-Date: 22sep2022

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[Dirk Enzmann]

You are correct: On my computer which sjlog produces

/home/enzmann/ado/plus/s/sjlog.ado
*! version 1.2.17  28jan2019

(you have to ignore the part before "/ado"). Obvioulsy it is an .ado command but the help does not show the author.

[This corrects my first reply: I wrongly stated that Stata 17 and Stata 18.0 know this command.]

[kotak kumar]

sjlog is a Stata command. Did you try help sjlog?

Yes, I tried help, and it refers to install sjlatex from from(http://www.stata-journal.com/production). After installing, still "sjlog using logs/ch9.01a, replace" is not working. The book "An introduction to stata" is all time famous. However, their files are not executable nor there are updated files available.

[kotak kumar]

Hello Dirk Enzmann. When I tried -help sjlog- just now (with version 18.5), I got this result:

help for sjlog not found
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st0620 from http://www.stata-journal.com/software/sj20-4
SJ20-4 st0620. Analysis of regression-discontinuity ... / Analysis of
regression-discontinuity designs / with multiple cutoffs or multiple
scores / by Matias D. Cattaneo, Princeton University, / Princeton, NJ /
Rocio Titiunik, Princeton University, / Princeton, NJ / Gonzalo

sjlatex from http://www.stata-journal.com/production
sjlatex: LaTeX files for the Stata Journal / sjlatex contains the LaTeX
document class and packages for the / Stata Journal. / The ancillary files
should be installed using the sjlatex command / from within Stata. /
Distribution-Date: 22sep2022

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Sir I have already done this but still could not run sjlog

[kotak kumar]

I am using state 17

[Dirk Enzmann]

If you use

net describe sjlatex, from(http://www.stata-journal.com/production)

you will see that sjlog.ado is part of the sjlatex package.

[Dirk Enzmann]

In #5 you write

... "sjlog using logs/ch9.01a, replace" is not working. ..

Please show us the command you actually used plus the exact output of this command -- "not working" does not help to locate the problem.

[kotak kumar]

In #5 you write


Please show us the command you actually used plus the exact output of this command -- "not working" does not help to locate the problem.

[kotak kumar]

In #5 you write


Please show us the command you actually used plus the exact output of this command -- "not working" does not help to locate the problem.

[kotak kumar]

I get this after executing the command

[Dirk Enzmann]

Do you have write access to "C:\Users\kotak\Documents\logs"? Does the folder "logs/" exist? Note that you can specify the full path instead only "logs/ch2.1" (including the drive, here "C:/"). Doing this you should (a) always enclose the full path whithin double quotes, (b) use forward slashes instead of backslashes throughout (even in Windows), and (c) specify the extension of the file, as well. For example

sjlog using "C:/Users/kotak/Documents/logs/ch2.1.smcl"

assuming that the folder "logs/" exists in "C:/Users/kotak/Documents/".