estout: Controlling number of decimals using estpost summarize

stata

Solution

Maarten goes straight to the point. Below an example:

clear all
set more off

sysuse auto

estpost summarize length weight
esttab using summarystatistics.tex, replace booktabs  ///
    cells("count mean(fmt(2)) sd(fmt(2)) min max") noobs nomtitles nonum

The `fmt()` suboption for `cells()` is documented in `help estout`.

Problem

I'm using `estout` to create a table of summary statistics in LaTeX. ``` estpost summarize Var1-Var20 esttab using summarystatistics.tex, replace booktabs cells("count mean sd min max") noobs nomtitles nonum ``` This produces more significant digits than necessary, though. I would like to have at most 4 digits for each variable. I couldn't find the option for this in the help file nor any information online. I know I could control the digits after comma using `sutex`, but I'd prefer `estout` for the `booktabs` option.

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