Re: st: Specifying barlook_option on sorted bar graph

[Mathew Kiang <mathew.kiang@gmail.com>]

Thanks, Nick.

I tried a search before but must have missed it. I'll look into the thread.

Matt

Nick Cox wrote:
> But a basic misunderstanding here is that with your example syntax the
> first bar look is associated with the first variable being shown --
> not the first bar.
>
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Nick Cox<njcoxstata@gmail.com>  wrote:
> > What you seek appears in essence to be what is being done -- in
> > various ways -- in the thread started by Stephen Jenkins yesterday.
> >
> > Nick
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 2:03 AM, Mathew Kiang<mathew.kiang@gmail.com>  wrote:
> >
> > > It seems like it should be a simple command, but I've given up in
> > > frustration and turn here for help.
> > >
> > > I'd like to make a series simple bar graphs (let's say two graphs), one
> > > variable at a time (let's say mpg then cost) over a categorical variable
> > > (e.g., carmodel), sorted in descending order for each; however, the catch is
> > > I want a specific car model differentiated in both graphs (via one of the
> > > barlook_options).
> > >
> > > graph bar mpg, over(carmodel, sort(1) descending)
> > > graph bar cost, over(carmodel, sort(1) descending)
> > >
> > > As far as I can tell, when I use a barlook_option like bar(#, color()), I
> > > have to specify the #th bar, which may not be the same across both graphs. I
> > > could go back and manually change each, but this quickly gets tedious with
> > > many different models or many different graphs.
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