st: re: labeling question

[David Airey <david.airey@vanderbilt.edu>]

I should say also that graph_by doesn't respect the variable format  
command, although I think it should.


> I have a variable that is numeric, like:
>
> 1.1
> 2.3
> 4.6
>
> but about 20 levels to the variable. I want a to use graph_by where  
> the by variable is the above, but I don't want the labels to show  
> the float values. I could _string_ the numeric variable and graph_by  
> that, but then the order is not numeric on the graph.
>
> How do I rapidly change a float numeric variable to a labeled  
> numeric variable such that my graph_by is labeled more neatly, and  
> in numeric order?
-Dave
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