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ISHERE: Stata module to insert markers in log files for report generation

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  • Kerry Du

    (School of Management, Xiamen University)

  • Huanyu Jia

    (School of Business, Zhengzhou University)

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The name ishere draws inspiration from a long-standing convention in academic and technical writing: the humble placeholder note like "Table 1 goes here" or "Figure inserted here." For decades, researchers have used such phrases to mark where results should appear in a manuscript—especially when figures and tables are generated separately from the main text. In the world of reproducible research with Stata, a similar need arises: how do you tell your analysis script, "Put the graph right here in the log," so that it can later be cleanly converted into a polished report? The answer is ishere. Literally meaning "insert something here, on this line, in this do-file," ishere acts as a dynamic, executable placeholder. It is a dual-purpose command designed to work with tohtml for generating formatted HTML reports from Stata log files.

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  • Kerry Du & Huanyu Jia, 2026. "ISHERE: Stata module to insert markers in log files for report generation," Statistical Software Components S459684, Boston College Department of Economics.
  • Handle: RePEc:boc:bocode:s459684
    Note: This module may be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install ishere". The module is made available under terms of the GPL v3 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt). Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.
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    File URL: http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/i/ishere.ado
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    File URL: http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/i/ishere.sthlp
    File Function: help file
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