Daniel Millimet <[email protected]> wants to produce a combined graph with
a common legend,
> I am using the -twoway connected y x, by(var)- command to generate a
> graph with 9 individual plots (3x3). That all works fine, but now I
> am trying to add xlines to each of the 9 plots, where the lines are
> drawn at different values for each plot. Is t his possible?
> Looking at the axis_selection section of the manual does not seem to
> help when using the by option.
Scott Merryman <[email protected]> suggests using -graph combine- rather
than -graph- with a -by()- option. This is the best approach, because the
-by()- option does not allow different options to be sent to each graph, and
Dann wants each graph to have its own -xlines-. As Dann notes, however, if he
creates separate graphs and then combines them, each graph has its own legend,
and he wants one common legend for all of the graphs.
I have wanted this too.
At this point, I don't want to overload the syntax of -graph combine- with
more options. It strikes me that the syntax of -graph- is complicated enough
as is. However, I have posted on my user site a command to do just what Dann
wants.
-grc1leg- (GRaph Combine with 1 LEGend) has almost exactly the same syntax as
-graph combine-; however, it lets you select a legend from one of the graphs
to be shown as the common legend. It also turns the legends off on all of the
combined graphs. It honors -position()-, -ring()-, and -span- options, so the
single legend can be positioned wherever desired.
To install grc1leg type
. net from http://www.stata.com
. net cd users
. net cd vwiggins
. net install grc1leg
Afterwords, type -whelp grc1leg- to find out more.
-- Vince
[email protected]
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