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Re: st: Meaning of || and ///


From   "Friedrich Huebler" <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: Meaning of || and ///
Date   Sat, 3 Jan 2009 11:06:45 -0500

> The | is used to overlay graphs.

This is a typo. As explained in -help graph intro-, the II-separator
is used to overlay two or more graphs. | is the OR operator, see -help
operator-.

Friedrich

On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Ashim Kapoor <[email protected]> wrote:
> The || I think means that you are putting 2 graphs in the same image.
> That || is a synonym for | is in the help, but that is as a logical
> operator. The | is used to overlay graphs. I thought maybe this would
> not be clear from the help for logical operators.
>
> The /// means attach the next line to THIS point ( before /// ) in
> this line. This is explained in the help.
>
> Thank you,
> Ashim.
>
> On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 8:43 PM, Ashim Kapoor <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hello!
>>
>> try help comments to learn about ///
>>
>> try help ||
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Ashim.
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 8:04 PM, Claude Francoeur
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> What is the meaning of || and /// as in :
>>>
>>> twoway rarea lb ub weight, sort  || ///
>>>       line xb weight, legend(off) sort
>>>
>>> Where can I find an explanation in Stata Help.
>>>
>>> Thanks
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