--- [email protected] wrote:
> A problem with bar graph labels.
>
> The code designed to replace "0" by "south" and "1" by "other" works for
> "south" but not for "other". Likewise, the code replaces "black" but not
> "other".
>
> The dataset is card.dta, available here:
> http://www.stata.com/texts/eacsap/
>
> My code is:
>
> graph bar lwage, ///
> over(black, relabel(0 "Other" 1 "Black")) ///
> over(south, relabel(0 "Other" 1 "South"))
The syntax is indeed a bit puzzling (I had to look it up in the manual),
the number in the relabel option does not refer to the value of the variable
black or south but to the category number. The manual says: "That is, #
refers to category number, which is determined by sorting the unique values
of the variable (in this case, sex) and assigning 1 to the first value, 2 to
the second, and so on. If you are unsure as to what that ordering would be,
the easy way to find out is to type -tabulate sex-." So your code should
be:
*----------------- begin example -------------
use http://www.stata.com/data/jwooldridge/eacsap/card.dta, clear
graph bar lwage, ///
over(black, relabel(1 "Other" 2 "Black")) ///
over(south, relabel(1 "Other" 2 "South"))
*------------------ end example ----------------
(For more on how to use examples I sent to the Statalist, see:
http://home.fsw.vu.nl/m.buis/stata/exampleFAQ.html )
Hope this helps,
Maarten
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