Re: st: How to draw axes in the interior of the plot?

[Roger Newson <r.newson@imperial.ac.uk>]

Thanks to Scott for this solution, which I have forwarded to my colleague.

It seems a bit surprising that Stata does not seem to be able routinely 
to locate axes in the interior of a graph region, instead of at the 
boundary of a graph region. After all, lots of people might want to plot 
the complex plane with axes intersecting at (0,0i). However, StataCorp 
may decide to fix this, when they have time to spare from the 
innumerable other things they do for us. I might raise it at the Wishes 
and Grumbles session of the 2011 UK Stata User Meeting, if they haven't 
fixed it by then.

Best wishes

Roger


Roger B Newson BSc MSc DPhil
Lecturer in Medical Statistics
Respiratory Epidemiology and Public Health Group
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On 14/09/2010 13:58, Scott Merryman wrote:
> You can use yline() and xline() to recreate the axes and use
> -scatteri- for the tick marks and labels.
>
> For example (using Ben Jann's -center-):
>
> sysuse auto, clear	
> center mpg price
> scatter c_p c_m ,yscale(off) xscale(off) legend(off) ylabel(,nogrid)
> graphregion(color(white))  ///
>    || scatteri 0 -10 "-10" 0 10 "10" 0 20 "20", mlabpos(6) ms(none)
> mlabcolor(black) ///
>    || scatteri 0 -10 "|" 0 10 "|" 0 20 "|" , mlabpos(0) msy(none)
> mlabcolor(black) ///
>    || scatteri -5000 0 "-5000" 5000 0 "5000" 10000 0 "10000",
> mlabpos(9) ms(none) mlabcolor(black) ///
>    || scatteri -5000 0 "`=char(151)'"  5000  0 "`=char(151)'" 10000 0
> "`=char(151)'",  mlabpos(0) ms(none) mlabcolor(black) ///
>     yline(0, lc(black)) xline(0, lc(black))
>
>
> Scott
>
> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 6:05 AM, Roger Newson<r.newson@imperial.ac.uk>  wrote:
> > Hello All
> >
> > I suspect that I am being very stupid today, and missing something that
> > should be obvious. I have a colleague who wants to draw axes in the interior
> > of the plot region in a Stata graph (as most people do when displaying the
> > complex or Argand plane with 0+0*i at the centre), complete with tick marks
> > and labels on whatever side the user chooses. However, I have been looking
> > through the Stata Version 11 .pdf manuals and the Stata Version 10 hardcopy
> > manuals, and I cannot find any reference to this possibility, although there
> > is a lot about putting axes on the left, right, top or bottom of the graph
> > region, and the possibility of up to 9 axes (presumably to allow outside and
> > inside labelled ticks at the left, right, top and bottom).
> >
> > Is there a way to do this in Stata graphics? I have checked all the axis
> > options and the added_line_options, but can't seem to find a way.
> >
> > Best wishes
> >
> > Roger
> >
> > --
> > Roger B Newson BSc MSc DPhil
> > Lecturer in Medical Statistics
> > Respiratory Epidemiology and Public Health Group
> > National Heart and Lung Institute
> > Imperial College London
> > Royal Brompton Campus
> > Room 33, Emmanuel Kaye Building
> > 1B Manresa Road
> > London SW3 6LR
> > UNITED KINGDOM
> > Tel: +44 (0)20 7352 8121 ext 3381
> > Fax: +44 (0)20 7351 8322
> > Email: r.newson@imperial.ac.uk
> > Web page: http://www.imperial.ac.uk/nhli/r.newson/
> > Departmental Web page:
> > http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/about/divisions/nhli/respiration/popgenetics/reph/
> >
> > Opinions expressed are those of the author, not of the institution.
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