Stata integration #

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References #

doc:

• Call Stata using IPython magic commands — pystata documentation
• Call Stata using API functions — pystata documentation
• User Guide – nbstata

Tutorials:

• 软件教程 | Python&stata之Pystata攻略 - mdnice 墨滴
• 01 - Setting up PyStata for your Windows computer – COMET

Install with Anaconda/Miniconda #

In environment.yml:

dependencies:
  - stata_setup
  - nbstata # if want to use stand-alone stata kernel without python
  - jupyterlab_stata_highlight3 # only works for stata kernel

Debugging installation #

If see TypeError: init() got an unexpected keyword argument 'splash' when import the package

1. Quit Jupyter
2. Use conda env list to find where the environment packages are installed. Example: /Users/<user>/miniforge3/envs/mphil-gp-stata/lib/python3.11/site-packages/stata_setup.py
3. Open the file with editor
4. Replace config.init(edition, splash=splash) with config.init(edition)
5. Save, deactivate and activate the environment, reload Jupyter