***Where to get helps?***

Standard Stata Syntax:

command varlist [if] [in],option

e.g.
list mpg if mpg==19
use "c:\program files\stata9\auto",clear

help keyword
e.g.
help logistic
help logistic regression

rename old_var new_var

findit keyword
e.g.
findit renvars  OR
search renvars
renvars *,upcase

ado
ado,uninstall renvars

***Enter data by using command window***

clear (press Enter)
input age weight (press Enter)
22 140 (press Enter)
34 164 (press Enter)
12 89 (press Enter)
56 178 (press Enter)
end (press Enter)
list (press Enter)

***Enter data by using do-file window***

clear
input age weight
22 140
34 164
12 89
56 178
end
list

***Opening and saving Stata data***

clear
use my_data
use c:\sya6933\my_data
use http://cdph.fsu.edu/sya6933/data4_1

preserve
restore

save my_data
save my_data,replace
save c:\sya6933\my_data,replace

saveold my_data
save my_data,old

outsheet using auto1.txt
outsheet using auto1.csv,comma
outsheet using auto1.xls

***Reading foreign data: Excel, SPSS, SAS***

**SAS command to save a .csv format data**

	libname in “c:\data\”;
	Proc export data=in.hsb2 outfile=”c:\data\hsb2.csv” dbms=csv replace;
	Run;
  
**Stata command to read a .csv file**
	
	insheet using c:\data\hsb2.csv

**SAS command to save a .xpt format data**

	libname out XPORT "c:\data\hsb2.xpt";
	   data out.hsb2;
  	   set "c:\data\hsb2";
	   run;
  
**Stata command to read a .xpt file**
	
	fdause c:\data\hsb2

**read Excel data**

insheet using my_excel_file.xls

***Copy Stata output and graphs into MS Word***

clear
sysuse auto
tab rep78,freq

graph box mpg,by(foreign)