I think this misses the issue. You can
get dollar signs; it's the awkwardness
of getting them which is being complained
about, and understandably in my view --
and, perhaps, the associated issue that it
needs some understanding
of Stata's internals to know why that
appears unavoidable.
Nick
[email protected]
Clive Nicholas
> Partick Joly wrote:
>
> > This problem came up on the list a few weeks but I would
> like to ask Stata
> > whether something can be done about this issue.
> Specifically, the problem
> > is
> > that, given a have variable whose label contains a dollar sign say
> >
> > . la var xrus "\$US per \$CA"
> >
> > and trying to plot it as either
> >
> > . twoway line xrus year
> > . twoway line xrus year, ytitle("\$US per \$CA")
> >
> > causes the currency units to vanish from the y-axis title,
> leaving only "
> > per " behind.
>
> You might not like this solution, but how about using "USD"
> instead of the
> $ symbol in the meantime?
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