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Re: st: -graph hbar- bars with colour used to identify groups of obs


From   Eric Booth <[email protected]>
To   "<[email protected]>" <[email protected]>
Subject   Re: st: -graph hbar- bars with colour used to identify groups of obs
Date   Wed, 6 Apr 2011 14:38:01 +0000

<>

Your bars look off-center because there are spaces for empty groups/bars.  Add the nofill option. 
Here's some changes to your graph:

**************!
clear
input noctry     pp_all      accession
       1   9.019705         0
       3   3.933862         1
       6   13.28287         1
       7   12.16459         0
       9     10.973         0
      11   11.85057         0
      12   10.47666         1
      13   12.20738         1
      14   10.44716         1
      15   8.407103         0
      16   7.525132         1
      18   5.768504         0
      19   5.594264         0
      20   10.31553         1
      21   13.07521         0
      23   7.804794         1
      24   4.923772         1
      25   6.715902         0
      26    2.96161         0
      27   8.402966         0
      31   5.381824         0
end

lab var noctry "Country"
lab var accession "1: Accession country"
label var pp_all "Rate (%)"
lab def noctry    ///
  1 "BE" 2 "BG" 3 "CZ" 4 "DK" 5 "DE" ///
  6 "EE" 7 "IE" 8 "EL" 9 "ES" 10 "FR" ///
  11 "IT" 12 "CY" 13 "LV" 14 "LT" 15 "LU"  ///
  16 "HU" 17 "MT" 18 "NL" 19 "AT" 20 "PL"  ///
  21 "PT" 22 "RO" 23 "SI" 24 "SK" 25 "FI" ///
  26 "SE" 27 "UK" 30 "IS" 31 "NO"
lab val noctry noctry

separate pp_all, by(accession)

gr hbar pp_all0 pp_all1  , 			///
	over(noctry, sort(pp_all) label(labsize(vsmall) labgap(4)) ) ///
	blabel(bar, format(%3.1f) )			///
	scheme(s2mono)  graphregion(color(white) )  ///
	bar(1, fcolor(gs10) ) bar(2, fcolor(black) ) ///
	legend(off)  nofill
************************!

- Eric

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Eric A. Booth
Public Policy Research Institute
Texas A&M University
[email protected]
Office: +979.845.6754




On Apr 6, 2011, at 9:25 AM, <[email protected]>
 wrote:

> I want to use -graph hbar- to show poverty rates across countries, where
> the countries are ordered by poverty rate, and with the bars being one
> colour for one country group, and another colour for the other country
> group.  I also want a black&white/shades-of-grey picture.
> 
> Problem: I can draw the graph, but the bars are not centred over the
> "slot" at each bar's base. For one group, they are left-justified within
> the "slot"; for the other group they are right-justified. So, the graph
> looks odd. See http://screencast.com/t/GIGwu99oy 
> 
> I've looked at the various options (including -asyvars-), and can't find
> a fix. Below are the data and the code I've tried.
> 
> Advice please.
> 
> Data:
> 
>  noctry     pp_all      accession
>        1   9.019705         0
>        3   3.933862         1
>        6   13.28287         1
>        7   12.16459         0
>        9     10.973         0
>       11   11.85057         0
>       12   10.47666         1
>       13   12.20738         1
>       14   10.44716         1
>       15   8.407103         0
>       16   7.525132         1
>       18   5.768504         0
>       19   5.594264         0
>       20   10.31553         1
>       21   13.07521         0
>       23   7.804794         1
>       24   4.923772         1
>       25   6.715902         0
>       26    2.96161         0
>       27   8.402966         0
>       31   5.381824         0
> 
> lab var noctry "Country"
> lab var accession "1: Accession country"
> label var pp_all "Rate (%)"
> lab def noctry    ///
>   1 "BE" 2 "BG" 3 "CZ" 4 "DK" 5 "DE" ///
>   6 "EE" 7 "IE" 8 "EL" 9 "ES" 10 "FR" ///
>   11 "IT" 12 "CY" 13 "LV" 14 "LT" 15 "LU"  ///
>   16 "HU" 17 "MT" 18 "NL" 19 "AT" 20 "PL"  ///
>   21 "PT" 22 "RO" 23 "SI" 24 "SK" 25 "FI" ///
>   26 "SE" 27 "UK" 30 "IS" 31 "NO"
> lab val noctry noctry
> 
> separate pp_all, by(accession)
> 
> gr hbar pp_all0 pp_all1  , 			///
> 	over(noctry, sort(pp_all) ) 		///
> 	blabel(bar, format(%3.1f) )			///
> 	scheme(s2mono)  graphregion(color(white) )  ///
> 	bar(1, fcolor(gs10) ) bar(2, fcolor(black) ) ///
> 	legend(off)
> 
> 
> Stephen
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