st: RE: RE: breaking labels into 2 lines

["Cheng, Hsu-Chih" <simon.cheng@uconn.edu>]

Thanks to Nick, Ben, and Nick.  This really helps.  
 
--SC

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu on behalf of Nick Cox 
	Sent: Wed 5/25/2005 3:19 PM 
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	Subject: st: RE: breaking labels into 2 lines
	
	

	The answer lies in the use of compound double quotes.
	Try something like
	
	xla(1 `" "first" "group" "' 2 `" "second" "group" "')
	
	If you think of
	
	`"
	
	i.e. <left single quote><double quote>
	
	as a left delimiter
	
	and
	
	"'
	
	i.e. <double quote><right single quote>
	
	as the corresponding right delimiter, then
	you won't go wrong, given the school algebra-like
	rule that delimiters must be matched in pairs.
	
	I don't know where this is documented either;
	I too would be grateful for a manual or
	on-line help pointer, for this reason: if it
	isn't documented in at least one of those
	sources, it would be a good candidate for
	a Stata Journal Tip.
	
	Nick
	n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk
	
	Cheng, Hsu-Chih
	
	> I have long x labels and would like to break them into 2 or 3
	> lines so I can space categories in a graph.  For example, instead of
	>
	> 
	>
	>    first group  second group
	>
	> 
	>
	> I want to label the x-axis as
	>
	> 
	>
	>    first      second
	>
	>    group      group
	>
	>   
	>
	> I checked axis_label_options, but couldn't find an answer.  I
	> am sure I must have missed something.  I’d really appreciate
	> it if someone can help.
	
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