Re: st: question on local macros ina graph title

[Eric Booth <ebooth@ppri.tamu.edu>]

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On Apr 11, 2011, at 8:25 AM, Eric Booth wrote:
> Wrapping in graph titles (or axis labels, notes, captions, etc) occurs when there are embedded 
> quotes in the title, so "Database Analysis" will not wrap, `" " Database" "Analyses" "' will wrap.
> 

Sorry, that should have said that " " Database" "Analyses" " wraps in the title option (if you include the single quotes 
it will not wrap).  I had it right in the example.


On Apr 11, 2011, at 8:22 AM, Data Analytics Corp. wrote:
> Maartin's example worked.  I needed to use
> 
> title("`title'")
> 
On Apr 11, 2011, at 8:31 AM, Nick Cox wrote:

> I am glad that you got it to work, but it's not clear why that makes a
> difference!


If adding double quotes to the title option caused the OP's title to unwrap, then
the macro probably already contained compound quotes (such as when a list
is tokenized), e.g., 

local title `" `"Database"' `"Analyses"'"'

Adding double quotes to the title option here will cause it to unwrap.

Again, modifying Maarten's example:
*-------------- begin example ---------------
sysuse auto, clear
local title `" `"Database"' `"Analyses"'"'

**NO DOUBLE QUOTES IN TITLE() OPT
forvalues i = 1/1 {
  scatter price mpg if rep78==`i', ///
          title(`title' )         ///
          name(gr`i', replace)
}

**DOUBLE QUOTES ADDED TO TITLE() OPT
forvalues i = 1/1 {
  scatter price mpg if rep78==`i', ///
          title("`title'")         ///
          name(gr`i', replace)
}
*--------------- end example ----------------


- Eric

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