nick, again thanks for your input. i understand your point of view. i just like the 'visuality' of the overlapping bargraph - imho it stresses the message a bit more than otherwise. i think statacorp is not duty bound to help because - and i could well be wrong here - it only supports current version and one version behind i.e. release 9 (can't recall where i have read it).
in any case svend's line and your catplot have already gone a long way to help.
regards,
bw
> Subject: RE: st: producing graph bar help
> Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 16:01:39 +0000
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
>
> The way you are using it, -catplot- is just a wrapper for -graph bar-.
>
> (Incidentally, -catplot ..., over()- is not the intended or recommended
> use of -catplot-, but it is evidently legal. Whether it will always do
> what
> you hope I don't know.)
>
> So there is just one question here.
>
> I have never tried overlapping bars before, as my worldview doesn't
> include them, but I can't see that adding -bargap(-30)- makes any
> difference either.
>
> StataCorp may be able to help.
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
> b. water
>
> svend, nick thanks for your help.
>
> svend - it works.
>
> nick, thanks for the catplot after trial and error: catplot bar
> ind_methd if ind_methd != "emerg", over(year) produces svend's
> suggestion.
>
> i am just wondering though why bargap(-30) did not work i.e. neither:
>
> graph bar (count) x if ind_methd != "emerg" , over(ind_methd)over(year)
> bargap(-30)
>
> nor
>
> catplot bar ind_methd if ind_methd != "emerg", over(year) bargap(-30)
>
> produces the graph ala [G] p. 125 where the bars slightly overlap each
> other for the said year. would appreciate further advice/comment.
>
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