I have figure it out now. I can't check the example that you sent as I have no Stata install in this computer but in another one with no internet connection.
The "if tin" option doesn't work if I type title and note. Probably similar to the tab command: "tab total if women" is possible but not "tab total if women, row col" but "tab women, col row"
In any case with only if tin and I dont get an error now but the X axis starts still from january.
To change values in X axis, I need to use tlabel:
twoway (tsline Women) (tsline Men) (tsline child), title(Women Children and Men,size(small)) note(Source: IBC , size(vsmall)) tlabel(2003m3 2004m3 2005m3 2006m3 2007m3)
thanks for your help.
Gaby
--- On Sat, 6/13/09, Martin Weiss <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Martin Weiss <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: st: Re: tsline if tin error
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Saturday, June 13, 2009, 7:25 AM
> <>
>
> Well, this code is close in spirit to yours, and does work,
> so there has to
> be a material difference that let`s yours fail and not
> mine:
>
> **
> sysuse tsline1, clear
> tsset lags
> tw (tsline ar) (tsline ma)/*
> */ if tin(40,160)
> **
>
> I suspect that you have to specify the arguments to -tin()-
> differently, as
> shown in -help f_tin-.
>
> HTH
> Martin
> _______________________
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ana Gabriela Guerrero Serdan" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 2:17 PM
> Subject: Re: st: Re: tsline if tin error
>
>
> >
> > 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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