Re: st: Imposing a line graph into a bar graph

[Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>]

I tried to replicate what you seemed to want without commenting on its
merits. When you have six or seven time series, I think you need a
different design, and a simple line plot springs to mind. If that
produces spaghetti, the technique in

http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gr0046

may be of help.

Nick

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 7:24 AM, Syed Basher <syed.basher@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thank you Nick for your kind help. When I tried to extend your example to 6
> variables case, I must admit I am struggling. Sometimes bar appears behind one
> another. But I guess trial and error will be the way to go.
>
> Syed
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>
>> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
>> Sent: Tue, April 12, 2011 9:35:48 PM
>> Subject: Re: st: Imposing a line graph into a bar graph
>>
>> Your strategy won't work.
>>
>> -graph bar- and -twoway- are not compatible.  You need to switch to
>> -twoway- to get this.
>>
>> Here is a silly example,  but some possibly useful technique.
>>
>> webuse grunfeld, clear
>> keep if  company == 1
>> keep if year < 1945
>> graph bar (asis) invest mvalue kstock  , over(year)
>> gen year2 = year + 0.3
>> gen year3 = year - 0.3
>> twoway bar  invest year3, barw(0.3) || bar mvalue year, barw(0.3) ||
>> bar kstock year2 ,  barw(0.3)
>> gen average = (invest + mvalue + kstock) / 3
>> twoway bar invest  year3, barw(0.3) || bar mvalue year, barw(0.3) ||
>> bar kstock year2 ,  barw(0.3) || line average year
>>
>> On offsets, see
>>
>> SJ-7-1   gr0026  . . . .  Stata tip 42: The overlay problem: Offset for
>>clarity
>>         . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . J.
> Cui
>>         Q1/07   SJ  7(1):141--142                                  (no
>>commands)
>>          tip for graphing several quantities on a continuous  axis
>>
>> which is accessible to all at the SJ website. (42: what a good  number;
>> I should have taken that one myself.)
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at  7:21 PM, Syed Basher <syed.basher@yahoo.com>  wrote:
>>
>> > I am using Stata 11.2. I have generated a bar graph  using  the following
>> > command:
>> > graph bar us uk jap,  over(year)
>> >
>> > I have a  forth variable, which is the average of (us  uk jap). I want to
>>impose
>> > the  fourth variable (say x1) on the bar graph  as a line graph. I have
> tried
>> > inserting the command for a line graph  [twoway (line x1 year)] into the
>> above
>> > command, which didn't work. Your  help/hint is much appreciated.

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