RE: st: Rotate labels of ticks in time series graphic

["David Radwin" <dradwin@mprinc.com>]

I think you want the angle(vertical) option under -xlabel- . An example:

. sysuse uslifeexp

. keep if year>1994

. twoway (line le year), xlabel(, angle(vertical))

Vertical labels can be harder to read. An alternative for a long time annual 
time series is to label only, say, every fifth or tenth year.

David
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-
> statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of drreg@earthlink.net
> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 11:15 AM
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject: Re: st: Rotate labels of ticks in time series graphic
>
> Check out the angle() option under -ylabel-.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> reg
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Barbara Engels <engels.ba@gmail.com>
> >Sent: Jun 6, 2011 1:57 PM
> >To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> >Subject: st: Rotate labels of ticks in time series graphic
> >
> >Dear Statalist,
> >
> >I am sorry to bother you with this quite trivial questions, but I have
> been searching without success ...
> >
> >I have a time series graphic with years on the x-axis  ... I need the
> years to be rotated, so that I can make ticks for every year.
> Horizontially as they are by default, they overlap each other...
> >
> >Thanks for your help!
> >
> >Barbara

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