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From | Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> |
To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
Subject | Re: st: What determines ytitle distance from graph |
Date | Thu, 13 Jan 2011 10:13:06 +0000 |
You can tune using -ysc(, titlegap())- (or -xsc()- as the case may be). Nick On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 9:37 AM, DE SOUZA Eric <eric.de_souza@coleurope.eu> wrote: > When I change the ylabel angle to horizontal for a specific variable, the distance between the yaxis and the ytitle is quite large. > > . sum lqrt > > Variable | Obs Mean Std. Dev. Min Max > -------------+-------------------------------------------------------- > lqrt | 106 -.538891 .2215944 -.8609112 -.1334978 > > . graph twoway scatter lqrt rla > NO PROBLEM > > . graph twoway scatter lqrt rla, ylabel(, angle(horizontal)) > DISTANCE OF LABEL lqrt FROM GRAPH IS LARGE > > . graph twoway scatter rla lqrt, ylabel(, angle(horizontal)) > Y X CHANGED: NO PROBLEM > > . clear > > . webuse auto > (1978 Automobile Data) > > . graph twoway scatter price mpg, ylabel(, angle(horizontal)) > NO PROBLEM > > . gen price2 = price/1000 > Y SCALED TO SEE IF THIS COULD BE THE REASON, BUT: > > . graph twoway scatter price2 mpg, ylabel(, angle(horizontal)) > NO PROBLEM * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/