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Re: st: Fwd: Fine-tuning -ring- legend placement to avoid overprinting on plot
From
Nick Cox <[email protected]>
To
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject
Re: st: Fwd: Fine-tuning -ring- legend placement to avoid overprinting on plot
Date
Sun, 7 Apr 2013 09:28:24 +0100
I don't know why you asked for -pos(2)-. The main place where there is
space is in the bottom left-hand corner.
legend(size(large) ring(0) pos(7) col(1))
separates the legend and the plotted curves.
Nick
[email protected]
On 7 April 2013 01:09, <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am trying to 'nudge' the legend key and text to avoid impinging on
> my plot. There's an 'East' etc. option in the graphics editor, but it only
> applies to the text and not the key; the justification options have
> also failed. Any of the graphics gurus out there have any ideas?
>
> ***** Begin example *****
>
> net install gr0002_3.pkg // install scheme 'lean2'
>
> webuse brcancer, clear
> stset rectime, failure(censrec = 1)
>
> sts graph, by(hormon) ///
> legend(size(large) ring(0) pos(2) justification(right)) ///
> legend(label (1 "Long Category Name") label (2 "Category A")) ///
> legend(label (3 "Category B") label (4 "Category C")) ///
> legend(order(2 3 4 1)) //
>
> ***** End example *****
>
> cheers!
> Andrew Lover
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