*----------- begin example -----------
sysuse auto
sum price if foreign == 1, detail
local medfor = r(p50)
sum price if foreign == 0, detail
local meddom = r(p50)
dotplot price, over(foreign) /*
*/ yline(`medfor', lpattern(dot) ) /*
*/ yline(`meddom', lpattern(dash))
*------------ end example -------------
--- Lukar Ezra Thornton <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is there a way to display the median value on a dot plot by a line
> rather than by a row of ++? I have a dot plot over three groups and
> I want just a small line showing where the median is for each group.
>
> Thanks
> Lukar
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