Thanks Martin, I tried putting it before the comma but I get
invalid syntax
r(198);
--- On Sat, 6/13/09, Martin Weiss <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Martin Weiss <[email protected]>
> Subject: st: Re: tsline if tin error
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Saturday, June 13, 2009, 7:10 AM
> <>
>
> Apart from any other problems in your code, the -if-
> statement always goes
> before the comma separating the command from its
> options...
>
> twoway (tsline Women) (tsline Men)/*
> */ (tsline child) if tin(Mar 2003, Mar 2008),/*
> */ title(Women Children and Men,size(small)) /*
> */note(Source: IBC , size(vsmall))
>
>
> HTH
> Martin
> _______________________
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ana Gabriela Guerrero Serdan" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 2:06 PM
> Subject: st: tsline if tin error
>
>
> > Dear Statalist,
> >
> > I am doing some tsline graphs and I get an error with
> the "if tin" option.
> >
> >
> > I have data staring in March 2003 and runs for five
> years. When I do a
> > graph with twoway tsline, the X axis starts with Jan
> 2003 and ends in Jan
> > 2008 even if there are no observations. I tried to use
> the if tin but I
> > get an error message. Can anyone let me know how to
> modify dates so the X
> > axis starts from Mar 2003 and goes until Mar 2008 as
> my data suggests?
> >
> >
> > . tsset mdate mdate, format(%tmMon_CCYY)
> > panel variable:
> mdate (weakly balanced)
> > time variable: mdate,
> Mar 2003 to Mar 2008
> >
> delta: 1 month
> > tab mdate
> >
> > mdate |
> Freq. Percent
> Cum.
> > ------------+-----------------------------------
> > Mar 2003 |
> 1 1.64
> 1.64
> > Apr 2003 |
> 1 1.64
> 3.28
> > May 2003 |
> 1 1.64
> 4.92
> > etc...
> > etc......
> > Jan 2008 |
> 1 1.64
> 96.72
> > Feb 2008 |
> 1 1.64
> 98.36
> > Mar 2008 |
> 1 1.64
> 100.00
> > ------------+-----------------------------------
> > Total |
> 61 100.00
> >
> >
> >
> > . twoway (tsline Women) (tsline Men) (tsline child),
> title(Women Children
> > and Men,size(small)) note(Source: IBC ,
> size(vsmall)) if tin(Mar 2003,
> > Mar 2008)
> >
> > option if not allowed
> > r(198);
> >
> >
> > thanks in advance,
> > Gaby
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----------------------------
> > Gaby Guerrero Serdán
> >
> > Department of Economics
> > Royal Holloway, University of London
> > TW20 OEX
> > Egham, Surrey
> > England, UK
> > http://www.rhul.ac.uk/Economics/For-Staff/postgrads.html
> >
> >
> >
> >
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