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st: Re: labeling question
That works perfectly. Now I also understand how letters and spaces
sort. Duh. :)
Cheers,
-Dave
On Dec 28, 2008, at 7:41 PM, Joseph Coveney wrote:
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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