on 03/08/2004 18:30, Nick Cox at [email protected] wrote:
> A few days ago, I pointed someone to
> the -undocumented- options in this area.
> Following that lead,
>
> . gs_fileinfo <whatever>.gph
>
> returns this information in r(command)
> etc.
We're almost there. I tried this, and got the following
. gs_fileinfo "/Users/ronanconroy/Documents/Consult files/Richard
Costello/FVC50.gph"
. di r(command)
twoway (line __00000H __00000I _t, sort connect(J ...) ylabel(0(.25)1,
grid) ytitle(`""') x
> title(`"analysis time"') pstyle( p1 p2) title(`"Kaplan-Meier survival
estimates, by FVC"' `"
> "') legend(order(1 2)) yscale( ) ytitle(Proportion surv
There is an obvious problem: the graph (A Kaplan-Meier) is described in
terms of the variables that Stata calculated, and the underlying command
(-twoway-) not the original command syntax that I used (-sts graph-).
However, the other information returned is very useful indeed. So much so
that I am surprised that Stata doesn't have a menu item saying 'get graph
info' rather than an undocumented command!
With a little modification, however, it is clear that Stata could capture,
verbatim, the command used to generate a graph. What it captures right now
is maddeningly close...
Ronan M Conroy ([email protected])
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Royal College of Surgeons
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