Re: st: graphs with dates question...

[Ulrich Kohler <kohler@wzb.eu>]

. collapse (mean) v1, by(quarter)
. format quarter %tdCCYY-q
. sum quarter, meanonly
. tw bar v1 quarter, xlab(`=r(min)'(365)`=r(max)')


Am Donnerstag, den 15.04.2010, 20:44 -0700 schrieb Asdsa Sdjfkn:
> I want to make a graph with the command:
> 
> graph bar (mean) Var1, over (Quarter)
> 
> where Quarter is formatted as 
> %tq. This produces a graph with the number corresponding to the quarter 
> on the x-axis, rather than the actual quarter (e.g. '0' instead of 
> '1960q1'). How can I get the quarter to show up rather than the 
> corresponding number?
> 
> I'd also like only, say, one quarter a year to be labelled on the x-axis, otherwise there isn't enough room for all the text to fit. I've trawled through the documentation for this, but 
> haven't found anything useful...
> 
> thanks!
> 
> 
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