Re: st: RE: controlling -sort- within a complex graph

[Michael McCulloch <mm@pinest.org>]

Thank you Nick. -ysc(reverse)- worked very well. And thanks for the pointer 
on how to describe a problem!
My problem was that in the two examples of code below, whether I place 
-sort(idnum)- in the -twoway- portion of the graph (FIRST EXAMPLE) or the 
-scatter- portion (SECOND EXAMPLE), the graph appears sorted in descending 
order; suggesting that -sort(idnum)- produced no effect.
Michael

FIRST EXAMPLE
twoway rcap min95 max95 Model if parmseq==1, horizontal msize(huge) ///
xtitle(Hazard Ratio and 95% Confidence Interval, margin(0 0 0 5)) ///
ytitle(Analysis Method) ylabel( 1 "II" 2 "II" 3 "IIIA", angle(h)) 
mlabel(idstr) sort(idnum)- ///
|| scatter Model estimate if parmseq==1, msize(medlarge) legend(off)

SECOND EXAMPLE
twoway rcap min95 max95 Model if parmseq==1, horizontal msize(huge) ///
xtitle(Hazard Ratio and 95% Confidence Interval, margin(0 0 0 5)) ///
ytitle(Analysis Method) ylabel( 1 "II" 2 "II" 3 "IIIA", angle(h)) 
mlabel(idstr) ///
|| scatter Model estimate if parmseq==1, msize(medlarge) legend(off) 
-sort(idnum)-



*
*   For searches and help try:
*   http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
*   http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
*   http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/