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
Oops. Neither does char(179) work.
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