What follows may help you solve your particular problem.
For a recent chart book for WA state legislature, there were numerous charts
that used code similar to:
//Calculate mean # bills passed and assign to local macros
//This is semi-automatic: There's no intervention needed for axis
//labeling, determining mean levels.
forval x = 1/2 { //x represents chamber: 1 = Senate; 2 = House
summarize passed if chamber==`x', meanonly
local mean`x' = round(r(mean)) //eg, mean1 = mean of Senate
}
And then in the body of the chart commands:
ytitle("Number of bills passed") ylabel(0 `mean1' `=`mean1' - 73'
"(Avg)" 525, notick)
I'd then visually review all the charts and make adjustments if needed, but
generally the above worked well.
Perhaps with modification a similar approach would work for you.
..Frank
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Goldstein
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 1:53 PM
To: statalist
Subject: st: labels on bar graphs
Hi:
I need to produce a sizable number of bar graphs for a client. The
client wants the y-axis to be labeled as, e.g., "15%" rather than as,
e.g., .15. The range of proportions for these graphs varies quite a bit
(from a max of less than .05 to a max of over .2) so I don't want to
force them all to be the same.
After seeing a graph, it is easy enough to use the ylabel option to get
what I want. Given that I am generally willing to live with Stata's
automatic choice of tick marks, is there a way to automatically get
labels in the form I want (e.g., "15%") rather than the way Stata wants
(e.g., .15)?
Thanks,
Rich
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