st: Re: re: labeling question

["Joseph Coveney" <jcoveney@bigplanet.com>]

Can you add a prefix to the converted-to-string by-variable that allows for
its sorting properly?  Perhaps something like:

clear *
set more off
input float byvar byte count
1.1 20
2.3 20
4.6 20
10.2 20
end
expand count
drop count
generate float x = runiform()
generate float y = runiform()
tostring byvar, replace format("%3.1f") force
replace byvar = " " + byvar if length(byvar) < 4
graph twoway scatter y x, by(byvar)
exit

Joseph Coveney


David Airey wrote:

> 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?


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