Scott,
I expected 50_59 to be above 50_50 because in a horizontal bar chart,
the categorical axis is called the x axis, even though it is vertical.
I have managed to produce a triangle while varying only one coordinate
in the auto.dta dataset:
sysuse auto,clear
graph hbar mpg, over(head) text( 20 25 "20_25" 20 15 "20_15" 20 10
"20_10") bar(1, fcolor(gs15))
Are you getting a triangle or a straight line when you run that code
(is it a problem with my version/install of stata? I'm using 10.0...)
Thanks,
Dan
On 10/26/07, Scott Merryman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Can you produce this with the auto.dta data set?
>
> For example:
>
> sysuse auto,clear
> graph bar mpg, over(head) text( 20 25 "50_25" 20 50 "50_50" 20 59
> "50_59") bar(1, fcolor(gs15))
>
> the added text is where it is expected.
>
> Also, why would you expect "50_59" to be above "50_50" since you are
> only changing the x coordinate?
>
> Scott
>
>
> On 10/26/07, Dan Weitzenfeld <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I'm adding text to a horizontal bar graph. I know that the x range is
> > [0, 100] and that "in a horizontal bar chart, the numerical axis is
> > still called the y axis and the categorical axis is still called the x
> > axis" (help graph bar - I read my manuals).
> > So, to get familiar with how this works, I added the following to a
> > horizontal bar graph command:
> >
> > text( 50 25 "50_25" 50 50 "50_50" 50 59 "50_59")
> >
> > Can someone explain why these three notes were in a triangle and not a
> > straight line? I varied only the x coordinate! Yet the last note,
> > "50_59", was to the right of "50_50," rather than above it where I
> > expected it to be...
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Dan
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