Re: st: multiple y-axes

["Michael N. Mitchell" <Michael.Norman.Mitchell@gmail.com>]

Well, that is what happens when you suggest an idea without trying it. I am stumped on 
this, because the documentation says -yscale(alt)- should switch the position of the y 
axis from right to left (or vice versa), but I cannot find any combination of -yaxis()- 
and -yscale()- that will solve this. Although this is not a fun suggestion, you could use 
the graph editor, choosing the -grid edit- mode to move the axis from the left to the 
right, and then from the right to the left. I bet, however, someone else has a better idea!

Michael N. Mitchell
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On 2010-09-01 8.39 PM, Kieran McCaul wrote:
> ...
>
> No joy there, Michael.
>
> twoway (histogram osteocalcin, width(5) yaxis(1))  ///
>          (line hr TOC, yaxis(2))
>
> gives me the same as:
>
> twoway (histogram osteocalcin, width(5) yaxis(2))   ///
>         (line hr TOC, yaxis(1))
>
>
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>
> Maybe this will do the trick?
>
> twoway (histogram osteocalcin, width(5) yaxis(1))  ///
>          (line hr TOC, yaxis(2))
>
>
> Michael N. Mitchell
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> http://www.stata.com/bookstore/vgsg.html
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>
>
>
> On 2010-09-01 7.53 PM, Kieran McCaul wrote:
> > ...
> >
> > I'm trying to overlay a line graph and a histogram, so I used this:
> >
> > twoway (line hr TOC, yaxis(1)) ///
> >          (histogram osteocalcin, width(5) yaxis(2))
> >
> > This gives me the y-axis for hr on the left and the y-axis for the
> > histogram on the right which is what I want, but the histogram is over
> > the top of the line.
> >
> > OK, so then I tried:
> > twoway (histogram osteocalcin, width(5) yaxis(2))  ///
> >          (line hr TOC, yaxis(1))
> >
> > Now the line is on top of the histogram (good), but the y-axes have
> > swapped.  Now the hr axis is on the right  and the histogram axis is
> on
> > the left.
> >
> > So my question: how can if get my axes where I want them and have the
> > line over the top of the histogram?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
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