Re: st: RE: graph combine & single legend

[Oliver Jones <ojones@wiwi.uni-bielefeld.de>]

Does this mean -grc1leg- can not handle the -by()- option?

Am 21.09.2011 16:35, schrieb Nick Cox:
> My guess is that as your examples use -by()- you've picked an
> especially tricky example for -grc1leg-. My experiments imply that you
> need to clean up after -grc1leg- in the Graph Editor.
>
> This simpler example might be a better start.
>
> sysuse auto, clear
> separate mpg, by(foreign) veryshortlabel
> scatter mpg? weight, name(g1, replace)
> scatter mpg? length, name(g2, replace)
> scatter mpg? trunk,name(g3, replace)
> grc1leg g1 g2 g3, legendfrom(g1) pos(4) ring(0)
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Oliver Jones
> <ojones@wiwi.uni-bielefeld.de>  wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I have the same problem as Ricardo.
> > I tried using the -grc1leg- command, but I can not figure out how to use it.
> > I always end up with all the legends for every graph and an additional one
> > from using -grc1leg-.
> > Thus my questions is: How do I create one single legend?
> >
> > The code I use is something like this:
> >
> > ************** Beginn example ****************
> > sysuse xtline1, clear
> >
> > * Creating two more variable to mimic my data setup
> > gen cal_yesterday = L.calories
> > bysort person: gen first_half_year = (_n<  175)
> >
> > * Draw three scater plots
> > scatter cal_yesterday calories day if person == 1, ///
> >         by(first_half_year, title("Tess")) ///
> >         name(g1)
> > scatter cal_yesterday calories day if person == 2, ///
> >         by(first_half_year, title("Sam")) ///
> >         name(g2)
> > scatter cal_yesterday calories day if person == 3, ///
> >         by(first_half_year, title("Arnold")) ///
> >         name(g3)
> >
> > * combine the three scatter plots
> > grc1leg g1 g2 g3
> > *************** End example *****************
> >
> >
> > Kind regards
> > Oliver
> >
> > Am 19.09.2011 19:10, schrieb Fiedler, James (JSC-SK)[USRA]:
> > > You might try the user-written command -grc1leg- (since 1's often look
> > > like l's, that's "grc" + the numeral 1 + "leg").
> > >
> > > James
> > >
> > > ________________________________________
> > > From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> > > [owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Ricardo Ovaldia
> > > [ovaldia@yahoo.com]
> > > Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 11:19 AM
> > > To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> > > Subject: st: graph combine&    single legend
> > >
> > > I want to combine 4 graphs, each a plot of three lines, using -graph
> > > combine-. Because the legend for the graphs are all the same, I would like
> > > to have a single legend at the bottom. When I use -legend(off)- for three of
> > > the graphs, and leave the legend for the 4th graph, this 4th graph is
> > > smaller than the rest when I combine them. Any solutions will be
> > > appreciated.
>
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