Kwang Teo
>
> I am preparing a set of graphs in which the values of the x-axis
> variable, "year", ranges from 1816 to 1992. The following
> is the what I have
> typed in my do-file (I am using Stata 8):
>
> ==========
> #delimit ;
>
> graph twoway line meandemdisp meannondemdisp year if
> year>1815 & year<1992,
> sort
> title("Graph 3")
> subtitle("Mean # Major-Major Power Dyad Dispute
> Involvements by Regime Type")
> legend(label(1 "jointly democratic dyads") label(2
> "non-jointly democratic
> dyads"))
> ytitle("")
> xtitle("year")
> xscale(range(1816 1992) noextend) ;
> ===================================
>
> However, when the graph is displayed, the x-axis still
> ranges from 1800 to
> 2000, even though there are no values of the y-axis
> variables for the years
> 1800 to 1815, and 1993 to 2000.
>
> Where have I gone wrong? I have been reading the Graphics
> manual, which is why
> I added the options "xscale(range)", but to no avail.
By default you get rounded numbers for -xlabel()-.
Add an option like
xlabel(1820(20)1980)
to spell out what you want.
Nick
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