Re: st: RE: Line break in a character string for a bar chart label

["Data Analytics Corp." <walt@dataanalyticscorp.com>]

Hi,

Not sure about this since the label is in a variable in the data set (I 
forgot to mention that).  But I can always change the data set.  I'll 
try it.

Thanks,

Walt

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On 7/30/2013 4:52 PM, Radwin, David wrote:
> Walt,
>
> Like this?
>
> . sysuse auto
>
> . label define origin 0 ///
> 	`" "A really long label that has to" "split over onto the next
> line" "', modify
>
> . graph hbar price, over(foreign)
>
> David
> --
> David Radwin
> Senior Research Associate
> Education Studies Division
> RTI International
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-
> > statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Data Analytics Corp.
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2013 1:36 PM
> > To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> > Subject: st: Line break in a character string for a bar chart label
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I created a horizontal bar chart of magazine readership.  The labels
> for
> > each bar are combinations of the magazines. Unfortunately, some labels
> > are too long (too many magazines for a bar) and are cut-off or they
> just
> > don't look nice.  I'd like to insert a line break in the character
> > strings so that the labels would appear on two (or more) lines.   Some
> > programming languages, such as R, use "\n" to break a line.  Does
> Stata
> > (13 for Windows) have something like this?  Or is there a way to tell
> > Stata to wrap a line?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Walt
> >
> > ________________________
> >
> > Walter R. Paczkowski, Ph.D.
> > Data Analytics Corp.
> > 44 Hamilton Lane
> > Plainsboro, NJ 08536
> > ________________________
> > (V) 609-936-8999
> > (F) 609-936-3733
> > walt@dataanalyticscorp.com
> > www.dataanalyticscorp.com
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