Introduction to Stata 8 - (GRIPS

You may define maximum and minimum values at the axes:
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yscale(log range(0.8 150))
If you use the s2color, s2mono or lean2 scheme, the default is horizontal gridlines and
no vertical gridlines. To drop horizontal and include vertical gridlines (hardly a good idea in
this case):
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xlabel( , grid) ylabel(1 2 5 10 20 50 100 , nogrid)
If you want to display decimal commas rather than periods, give the Stata command:
set dp comma
Plotregion margin
By default twoway graphs include a margin between the extreme plot values and the axes, to
avoid symbols touching axes. If you want a zero margin – as in the twoway line plot,
section 14.7 – include:
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plotregion(margin(zero))
14.5. Placing graph elements
The placement of graph elements, e.g. the legend, is defined by location relative to the plot
area (ring position) and a direction (clock position). The placement of elements in Figure 1
was determined by the scheme applied (see section 14.9); the placements were:
Element Ring position
ring()
Clock position
pos()
Position can
be modified
Plot area 0 ... No
Y-axis title 1 9 No
X-axis title 1 6 No
Subtitle 6 12 Yes
Title 7 12 Yes
Legend 3 4 Yes
Note 4 7 Yes
The twoway line plot, section 14.7, illustrates an alternative placement of the legend:
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legend(label(1 "Males") label(2 "Females") ring(0) pos(8))
A text block is placed in the plot area by giving its y and x coordinates; place(c) (the
default) means that the coordinates apply to the center of the text block; place(se) that
they apply to the block's southeast corner. See example in Figure 1 and the twoway line
plot, section 14.7:
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text(90 69 "1999-2000")
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