Re: AW: st: RE: Help with superscript in graphs

[Nick Winter <nwinter@virginia.edu>]

Yes, I looked at -help alignmentstyle-.

This example, which places a "default" and "bottom" aligned boxes right 
up against each other, demonstrates that changing the alignment moves 
the text slightly (as -help alignmentstyle- suggests), and also moves 
the superscript relative to the text (which it doesn't).

gr twoway function y=0 , ///
  text(.75 .5 "Default{superscript:vs}(Bottomy)", ///
    box placement(west)) 	///
  text(.75 .5  "(Default){superscript:vs}Bottomy", ///
    box alignment(bottom) placement(east)) 	///
  text(.25 .5 "Top{superscript:vs}(Baseliney)", ///
    box placement(west) alignment(top) ) 	///
  text(.25 .5  "(Top){superscript:vs}Baseliney", ///
    box alignment(baseline) placement(east))

So the movement of the superscript relative to the non-superscripted 
text still doesn't make sense to me.

-Nick


Martin Weiss wrote:
> <> 
>
> Only StataCorp can answer the question posed by Nick Winter conclusively, but as -help alignmentstyle- explains the alignments with a reference to a capital "H", the following picture makes sense:
>
>
> *************
> sysuse auto, clear
> regress mpg price
> local r2 : di %04.3f e(r2)
> graph twoway (scatter mpg price) (lfit mpg price) /* 
> */ , legend(off)  /* 
> */ text(35  13000 "Hr{superscript:2} =  `r2'", box) /* 
> */ name(mygr3, replace) nodraw note("default alignment")
>
> graph twoway (scatter mpg price) (lfit mpg price) /* 
> */ , legend(off)  /* 
> */ text(35  13000 "Hr{superscript:2} =  `r2'", box  /* 
> */ alignment(bottom)) /* 
> */ name(mygr4, replace) nodraw note("bottom alignment")
>
> graph twoway (scatter mpg price) (lfit mpg price) /* 
> */ , legend(off)  /* 
> */ text(35  13000 "Hr{superscript:2} =  `r2'", box  /* 
> */ alignment(top)) /* 
> */ name(mygr5, replace) nodraw note("top alignment")
>
> graph twoway (scatter mpg price) (lfit mpg price) /* 
> */ , legend(off)  /* 
> */ text(35  13000 "Hr{superscript:2} =  `r2'", box  /* 
> */ alignment(baseline) ) /* 
> */ name(mygr6, replace) nodraw note("baseline alignment")
>
> graph combine mygr3 mygr4 mygr5 mygr6, rows(2)
> *************
>
>
> The "r" character is probably special in that it does not have a "lower part".
>
>
> HTH
> Martin
>
>
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> Von: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] Im Auftrag von Nick Cox
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 10. Dezember 2009 17:44
> An: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Betreff: RE: st: RE: Help with superscript in graphs
>
> Good question. You expect me to know all the answers? 
>
> Nick 
> n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk 
>
> Nick Winter
>
> *why* does that work?  That is, why is the superscripted text moved down 
> more than the non-superscripted?
>
> Nick Cox wrote:
>
> > Try this. In passing, I show a more direct way to control format. 
> >
> > sysuse auto, clear
> > regress mpg price
> > local r2 : di %04.3f e(r2)
> > graph twoway  (scatter mpg price) (lfit mpg price) , legend(off) text(35  13000 "r{superscript:2} =  `r2'", alignment(bottom))
> >
> > Ricardo Ovaldia, MS 
> >
> > I want to include the r-square value in a graph inside the plot area:
> >
> > When I specify the option:
> >
> > text(25  12 "r{superscript:2} =  0`r2'"
> >
> > I get the desired result except that the superscript is too far above the “r”. How do I get the superscript to be closer to the “r”
> >
> > Here is an example using the auto data.
> >
> > sysuse auto, clear
> > regress mpg price
> > local r2= round(e(r2),.0001)
> > graph twoway  (scatter mpg price) (lfit mpg price) , legend(off) text(35  13000 "r{superscript:2} =  0`r2'")
>
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