Note: This FAQ is relevant for users of releases prior to Stata 8.
How can I change the format of data for my axes?
| Title | Changing the format of data for your axes | |
| Author | Jeremy Wernow, StataCorp |
To change the format of a number (or date) on an axis of a graph, you must first change the format of the variable itself.
For example:
. set obs 10
obs was 0, now it is 10
. gen x = uniform() . gen y = uniform()
(These commands will generate 10 random values for variables x and y. The values generated will be between 0 and 1.)
. list
x y
1. .1369841 .2551499
2. .6432207 .0445188
3. .5578017 .4241557
4. .6047949 .8983462
5. .684176 .5219247
6. .1086679 .8414094
7. .6184582 .2110077
8. .0610638 .5644092
9. .5552388 .2648021
10. .8714491 .9477426
. describe
Contains data
obs: 10
vars: 2
size: 120 (99.9% of memory free)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
storage display value
variable name type format label variable label
------------------------------------------------------------------------
x float %9.0g
y float %9.0g
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sorted by:
Note: dataset has changed since last saved
. graph y x
. format x y %6.2f
. list
x y
1. 0.14 0.26
2. 0.64 0.04
3. 0.56 0.42
4. 0.60 0.90
5. 0.68 0.52
6. 0.11 0.84
7. 0.62 0.21
8. 0.06 0.56
9. 0.56 0.26
10. 0.87 0.95
. describe
Contains data
obs: 10
vars: 2
size: 120 (99.9% of memory free)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
storage display value
variable name type format label variable label
------------------------------------------------------------------------
x float %6.2f
y float %6.2f
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sorted by:
Note: dataset has changed since last saved
. graph y x
Note: The changes in the display format are now reflected on the graph axes.
