Notice: On April 23, 2014, Statalist moved from an email list to a forum, based at statalist.org.
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: st: graph text box: special character
From
Friedrich Huebler <[email protected]>
To
[email protected]
Subject
Re: st: graph text box: special character
Date
Mon, 9 Sep 2013 12:30:39 -0400
Nick,
You can build your own mean symbol, as in the otherwise meaningless
example below. You'll have to experiment to find the right coordinates
for the added line above the x.
. sysuse auto
. scatter mpg weight, text(25 3500 "x") text(26 3500 "_", size(small))
Friedrich
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Ronan Conroy <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2013 MFómh 9, at 12:35, Nick Bornschein wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to put a text box inside a Stata graph containing the
>> symbol "x with the line above" for mean into the box. After some tests
>> I figured out how to put some special characters and greek symbols in
>> the box as in this example:
>>
>> twoway (line miles id, sort), text(16 5 "{&chi}{sup:2}: `m_cal_min' ")
>>
>> but I couldn't find the symbol for mean.
>> Hope somebody can help me.
>
> I think that the sad news is that the symbol for mean is not a defined character (or, at least, I can't find it on a cursory browse through the Mac's character viewer). You may have to put 'mean' when you mean mean. It has the advantage that people know what you mean to the extent that they know what a mean is.
>
> Ronán Conroy
> [email protected]
> Associate Professor
> Division of Population Health Sciences
> Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
> Beaux Lane House
> Dublin 2
*
* For searches and help try:
* http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search
* http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/
* http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/