Ricardo Mora-Castrillo
>
> > Now I am trying to run this in a more efficient way?? Does
> > any of you have an idea?
> >
> > foreach varx0 of varlist pill0 iud0 vag0 condom0 rhythm0
> > withd0 stfem0
> > stmasc0 inject0 {
> > foreach varx1 of varlist pill1 iud1 vag1 condom1 rhythm1
> > withd1 stfem1
> > stmasc1 inject1 {
> > graph `varx0'`varx1' year, symbol(i i) connect(l l[.])
> > xscale(1975,2000)
> > yscale(0,1) saving(`varx0', replace)
> > }
> > }
>
> The two nested loops will produce 9 * 9
> graphs. I suspect you want just 9 graphs, as in
>
> foreach v in pill iud vag condom rhythm withd stfem stmasc inject {
> graph `v'0 `v'1 year, symbol(ii) connect(ll[.]) /*
> */ xscale(1975,2000) yscale(0,1) saving(`v', replace)
> }
>
Not the question, but there's
a very simple tip here which may be of wider interest.
You want what is often called a line graph
to show time series, in which segmented
lines are used. Suppressing the point
symbols by e.g. -sy(ii)- and using different
line styles then often seems the best
way to distinguish two or more series.
The tip is to use e.g. -sy(..)- together
with line styles as e.g. above. The dots
used as point symbols will then be
at most unobtrusive, but for 2, 3 or 4
series you will get legends in the
space of the -t1()- and -t2()- titles.
(With a few more than 4 series you can still
get legends with the aid of some
user-written work-around.)
Nick
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