Re: st: formatting bar graph by(groups)

["B. Timothy Walsh" <btw1@columbia.edu>]

Thank you! Helpful. But, may still stick with the current setup. The 
separation provided by by() is nice.
Tim

--On Wednesday, November 13, 2013 3:46 PM +0000 Nick Cox 
<njcoxstata@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'd recommend two -over()- options here.
>
> The following sequence may be useful.
>
> sysuse auto, clear
>
>
> graph bar mpg, over(rep78) by(foreign)
> graph bar mpg, over(rep78) by(foreign) nofill
>
> Either one has a problem.
>
> graph bar mpg, over(rep78) over(foreign)
> graph bar mpg, over(rep78) over(foreign) nofill
>
> I couldn't find a way to put a line in the gap, but here's a way of
> heightening the contrast between the second -over()- group.
>
> separate mpg, by(foreign) veryshortlabel
>
> graph bar mpg?, over(rep78) over(foreign) nofill
>
> graph bar mpg?, over(rep78) over(foreign) nofill ///
> legend(off) ytitle("`: var label mpg'")
>
> Nick
> njcoxstata@gmail.com
>
>
> On 13 November 2013 15:11, B. Timothy Walsh <btw1@columbia.edu> wrote:
> > I am attempting to build a graphical summary of 4 studies using bar
> > graphs in Stata12. Two studies need 3 bars and 2 need 2 bars
> > (corresponding to different numbers of Treatment cells in the various
> > studies). I am very close to having what I want but have a minor
> > annoying problem.
> >
> > The command I am using includes the following elements, plus some
> > formatting directions:
> >
> > graph bar (asis) Baseline Change, stack over(Treatment) nofill ///
> >         by(study, cols(3) holes(4 6) title("Title")
> >
> > The first 3 graphs—2 with 3 bars and 1 with 2—are fine. Each plot
> > area is of the same width and the bars in the 2-bar graph are wider so
> > they are nicely centered in the plot region. The problem is with the 4th
> > graph: the 2 bars are of the same width as in the 3-bar graphs, so they
> > are over to the left and there's a space on the right side where a third
> > bar would go, even though there is no third Treatment in that study.
> >
> > I would like the bars in the 4th graph to be centered within the plot
> > region, and of the same width as the other 2-treatment graph.
> >
> > I hope this description is clear. Happy to supply any additional
> > information. Thanks in advance!
> >
> > Tim
> >
> >
> >
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