Re: st: Regaining control over axis ranges

[annoporci <annoporci@gmail.com>]

> You don't spell out what does not work, but -?scale()- options don't
> omit data. That's the most common misunderstanding among those who
> don't read the help carefully.
>
> Nick

Oops, sorry about that. Here is what I want:

> > I'm trying to shorten the y axis of a graph.

Here is what I read in Stata Tips 23:

> > "to get a narrower x-axis, we must specify a narrower set of axis  
> > labels...

Let me reframe the question in terms of the Stata Tips 23 examples (based
on the auto dataset and the x-axis):

Say I want the x-axis to run from 5,000 to 10,000. Since the actual data
extends below and above these values, I am willing to omit data from the
graph. What can I do to achieve this goal?

This won't do:

twoway scatter mpg price, xscale(range(5000 10000)) xlabel(5000[1000]10000)

The Stata Tip says "to get a narrower x-axis, we must specify a narrower
set of axis labels," which at the time I took to mean that omitting data
could be achieved that way, but now I realize that the intended meaning
was probably "to get a narrower x-axis, but without omitting any data,
etc."

So yes, I would like to shorten the axis and omit data in the process.

Thanks for your help!

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Patrick Toche.
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