Adrian,
It should be: mlabv(pos) - only one "l"
The example given in the text is incorrect, however, the clickable example in
the help file does produce the right syntax.
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "de la Garza, Adrian" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 5:44 PM
Subject: st: Labeling scatter points when graphing
> Hello! I need some help with a graphing problem...!
>
> I need to graph a scatter plot and label the points. The problem I have
> is that the labels overlap. I found a way to solve this problem in the
> Stata v8 manual (p. 406). They suggest to create a variable -pos- with
> the position of the label and then specify the position of the label
> when graphing using the option -mlablv-. This option -mlablv-, however,
> is not recognized by my Stata v8 program. This is what I am doing:
>
> gen pos = 3
> replace pos = 9 if country == "Thailand" | country == "Russia"
> twoway scatter rating date, mlabel(country) mlablv(pos)
>
> but I get the following error message:
>
> option mlablv() not allowed
> invalid syntax
> r(198);
>
> Am I doing something wrong?
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> Adrian
>
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