Page 207 of the Users Guide [U21.3.9] instructs us on how to deal with the
"$" character if we wish to display a dollar sign and _not_ consider it the
marker for global macro expansion. We can either use the "\" character or
some smcl code: {c S|} immediately prior to the "$". These devices work
for -display-. But only the second, the smcl code, appears to work in text
placed on a graphic, eg using -title()- -ytitle()- -label()- etc.
I can't find a reference to this behaviour in the graphics manual (or any
discussion in the archives). Is there a reason for this inconsistency/feature?
Try:
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display "price in $US"
display "price in \$US"
display "price in {c S|}US"
sysuse auto
scatter price weight, ytitle("price in $US")
more
scatter price weight, ytitle("price in \$US")
more
scatter price weight, ytitle("price in {c S|}US")
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(using Stata Windows 18-May-2004 and latest ados)
Phil
Philip Ryan
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Faculty of Health Sciences
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