Re: st: Sort graphic by a non-graphed variable

[mcross@exemail.com.au]

Thanks Maarten.


> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 7:41 AM,  <mcross@exemail.com.au> wrote:
>> I'm using version 8
>> Consider the following...
>>
>> sysuse auto, clear
>> keep if _n < 6
>> keep make price weight
>> list
>> graph hbar (asis) price , over(make)
>>
>> Here the order of the hbars is sorted by make.
>> However, I'd like to have the hbars sorted by weight (a third variable
>> that I don't wish to graph).
>
> You can do that by creating a new variable that contains an integer
> for each value of make but these integers are increasing according to
> the sort order of weight and has value labels according to make. This
> is what the -axis()- egen-function is for. This is part of the
> -egenmore- package that you can download by typing in Stata -ssc
> install egenmore-. Below is an example. There are more examples in the
> help file, which you can read by typing in Stata -help egenmore-.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Maarten
>
> *------------------ begin example ------------------
> sysuse auto, clear
> keep if _n < 6
> keep make price weight
> egen Make = axis(weight make), label(make)
> list, nolabel
> graph hbar (asis) price , over(Make)
> *------------------- end example -------------------
> * (For more on examples I sent to the Statalist see:
> * http://www.maartenbuis.nl/example_faq )
>
> Hope this helps,
> Maarten
>
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