Re: st: RE: Labeling above the dot in -scatter-

[Nick Winter <njgwinter@gmail.com>]

This generates a graph that shows how the labels are arrayed for each 
clock position:

clear
set obs 12
gen pos = _n
gen y = 1 + (_n>6)
gen x = mod(_n-1,6)+1
gen label = "Label"

scatter y x , ///
  mlab(lab) mlabv(pos) msym(Oh) msize(huge) ///
  || scatter y x, mlab(pos) mlabpos(0) ///
  msym(none) legend(off) ///
  ysca(ra(.5 2.5)) xsca(ra(.5 6.5)) ///
  ysca(off) xsca(off)



Nick Winter

On 7/31/2012 10:41 AM, Augusto Cadenas wrote:
> > If I change -mlabposition(12)- to -mlabposition(1)- I think I get what you are describing. It looks like -mlabposition- uses the bottom of the words as the position reference rather than the middle of the words.
> Thanks, Lance, I think this is a good solution. Still, I don't
> understand the logic behind where -mlabposition- places the string.
> Does it look at the beginning, the middle, or the end of the string?
> Why do -mlabposition(12)- and -mlabposition(1)- yield such different
> results? I wonder.
>
> Best, Augusto
>
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 12:00 AM, Lance Erickson <lance_erickson@byu.edu> wrote:
> > Augusto,
> >
> > If I change -mlabposition(12)- to -mlabposition(1)- I think I get what you are describing. It looks like -mlabposition- uses the bottom of the words as the position reference rather than the middle of the words.
> >
> > Best,
> > Lance
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