st: RE: Removing the overall variable label and using only variable value in sts graph

[Tim Evans <Tim.Evans@wmciu.nhs.uk>]

Hi all,

Seems I didn't look hard enough, this does the trick:

sysuse cancer.dta, clear
stset studytime, failure(died)
drop if drug == 2
sts graph, by(drug) ///
legend(label(1 "1") ///
label(2 "3"))


However, how do you find out which order your labels come in - I had to try a few combinations to get the right order (I was relabelling the confidence intervals until I changed it) - is there a more eloquent way of listing the relative order of each value in the legend?


Best wishes

Tim


-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Evans 
Sent: 24 February 2012 09:14
To: 'statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu'
Subject: Removing the overall variable label and using only variable value in sts graph

Hi all,,

I'm using Stata 11.2 and am creating and exporting some Kaplan Maier curves but I want to drop the variable label from the legend in my sts graph so that I only have the value rather than both.

For instance, if I run the following code:

webuse drug2
sts graph, by(drug)

I end up with a legend that shows drug = 0 and drug = 1

What I would like to do is drop the 'drug' and return only 0 or 1. There are many reasons for this, not least because if I have more than a few values in the variable, the legend becomes a little unwieldy and I also entitle the graph so that its clear what I'm graphing.

I've had a search around on Google but don't seem to be able to find exactly what I want. So any help gratefully received.

Best wishes

Tim
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