st: Odd behavior of -graph hbar- with value labels containing apostrophes

["daniel waxman" <dan@amplecat.com>]

I have run across an interesting problem:

I am trying to make bar graphs over categorical variables, with value
labels, e.g.:

.  graph hbar(mean) satisfied, over(q12)

In this situation, the value labels extend off the edge of the y axis, such
that only a couple of letters appear.


. label list q12
q12:
           1 definitely true
           2 somewhat true
           3 no strong opinion
           4 somewhat untrue
           5 definitely untrue
           6 don't know/refused

If I do the following:

.  label define q12 6 "do not know/refuse", modify
.  graph hbar(mean) satisfied, over(q12)

Then it looks as it should.


If I then go back:

.   label define q12 6 "don't know/refuse", modify
.   graph hbar(mean) satisfied, over(q12)

again the value labels are unreadable.

Is this a known limitation?    Any suggestions for eliminating offending
characters in a large number of value labels?
Thanks in advance.

Dan







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