Interesting example. My generalisation was too
rash. -*label()- is too general a claim, as
there doesn't seem to be a way of doing this with
-blabel()-. You do need a percent format for
-blabel()-.
You could remove -yscale(off)-
and do this with -ylabel()-.
Nick
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Frank de Libero
> You wrote:
> I doubt you're missing anything. If you
> say within a -*label()- option
>
> .375 "37.5%"
>
> you are saying that even though the
> number is really .375 you want a display
> of "37.5%". This is a self-knitted percent
> format on the fly.
> ---------------------------------------------
> I don't see it. Here is an example -do- to generate a simple
> bar chart.
> If I can avoid using -text- I would. But I don't see how to apply a
> label change. I'm probably missing something, but I tried, more time
> than I care to admit.
>
> ..Frank
>
> ----------Example do------------------
>
> version 9.0
> clear
> input coverage pct
> 1 60
> 2 27
> 3 9
> 4 16
> end
>
> #delimit ;
> label def Coverage
> 1 "Employment-based"
> 2 "Govt. programs"
> 3 "Individual"
> 4 "Uninsured"
> ;
> #delimit cr
>
> label var cov "Breakdown of insurance coverage"
> label val coverage Coverage
> label var pct "Percent"
>
> #delimit ;
>
> ;
> graph hbar (asis) pct, over(cov, sort(cov) axis(noline))
> ylabel(,nogrid) legend(off) yscale(off) asyvars showyvars
> graphregion(margin(l+10 r+10)) scale(1.4)
> graphregion(color(ebg)) plotregion(color(ebg))
> bar(1,color(emidblue))
> bar(2,color(emidblue))
> bar(3,color(emidblue))
> bar(4,color(edkblue))
> bargap(50)
> text(65.5 88.1 "60%", color(black) size(small))
> blabel(bar, position(outside) color(black) format(%3.0f))
> title("Holes in the Net", bexpand span justification(left)
> color(black))
> subtitle("A breakdown of insurance overage""in the U.S. for 2003:",
> span size(medium) justification(left) bexpand)
> ;
>
> #delimit cr
> exit
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