MATWRITE is a Stata plugin that allows the user to export data to the MATLAB .mat file format from within Stata. MATWRITE allows you to export all (or selected) variables as column vectors, and all (or selected) matrices as matrices. It is written by Andrew Shephard (asheph@econ.upenn.edu).
If you have web-aware Stata, the recommended way of installing is to type ssc install matwrite from within Stata. Note that this may not be the most up to
date version.
MATWRITE uses the Stata Plugin Interface. This means that the plugin file is platform specific. To compile the plugin file on a Unix-like operating system type:
g++ -shared -fPIC -DSYSTEM=OPUNIX stplugin.c matwrite.cpp -o matwrite.plugin
see the Stata Plugin Interface documentation for information on compiling for Windows or Macintosh systems. After compiling the plugin file (matwrite.plugin) copy matwrite.plugin, matwrite.ado and matwrite.hlp to your personal ado file directory.
Type help matwrite within Stata for command syntax.
MATWRITE is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
MATWRITE is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with MATWRITE. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.