Re: st: modify axis range in scatter graphs

[Ulrich Kohler <kohler@wzb.eu>]

Am Freitag, den 19.03.2010, 08:59 +0100 schrieb joachim jarreau:
> Hi,
> 
> I have the following dataset:
> 
> X	year
> 142.3704	1997
> 140.2368	1998
> 165.6991	1999
> 225.0937	2000
> 243.2682	2001
> 295.1701	2002
> 412.7598	2003
> 560.8112	2004
> 660.2197	2005
> 791.7939	2006
> 956.2615	2007
> 
> If I type the following :
> scatter X year, c(l)
> I get a graph with the x-scale ranging from 1995 to 2010, while my
> data only extend from 1997 to 2007. Adding :
> 
> xscale(range(1997 2007))
> or
> xscale(r(1997 2007) noextend)
> 
> does not modify the outcome.
> 
> Any help much appreciated, thanks in advance


This is because the algorithm for producing "nice" labels comes up with
a solution that labels the values 1995, 2000, ..., 2010. Option -xlab()-
overwrites the default. Try, for example,

. scatter X year, c(l) xlab(1997(2)2007)

Hope that helps
Uli











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