re: st: Re: Tip - Special characters in labels, titles of graphs &c

[David Airey <david.airey@Vanderbilt.Edu>]

> You can refer to them using the char() function. In Arial, I  
> believe that mu is char(181) and superscript 2 is char(178). For  
> convenience, especially if you want to use these characters  
> repeatedly, you may want to load them into local macros prior to  
> the graph command:
>
> local mu=char(181)
> local squared=char(178)
>
> graph tw scatter weight mpg , title("here is mu: `mu', here is mpg  
> squared: mpg`squared' ")
>
> When you used MS Word to access these characters, you may have  
> noticed that the dialog box shows you the way to directly enter  
> each special character using a alt-###. Those numbers are the same  
> as the numbers you should feed Stata's char() function.
>
> M Blasnik
The char(178) doesn't work on my Mac. Char(181) does.


local mu=char(181)
local squared=char(179)
sysuse auto
graph tw scatter weight mpg , ///
title("here is mu: `mu', here is mpg squared: mpg`squared'")

-Dave
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