Marker Labels in Dot Charts

[Ali Sharman]

I want to be able to show marker labels next to the dots on a dot chart, but mlabel() does not do anything (nor does it throw an error).
Is this possible with graph dot?


Here an example of the code I am using (with different data):

set scheme s1color
sysuse auto, clear
format mpg %3.1f
graph dot (asis) mpg, nofill over(make, label(labsize(*.6))) ///
by(foreign, ///
title(" Example", color(black) margin(zero) size(medsmall)) ///
note("Source: sysuse auto", size(tiny) color(gs8)) ///
legend(pos(11) margin(zero)) ) ///
legend(rows(1) size(*0.9)) ///
ytitle("MPG", size(*0.9)) ///
subtitle(, lcolor(gs14) size(*0.9)) ylabel(,labsize(*0.8) grid) ///
marker(1, mlabel(mpg) mlabpos(3) mlabsize(*0.8) ///
ms(Oh) msize(*1.2) mlwidth(*1.2)) ///
linetype(line) lines(lwidth(vvthin) lcolor(gs13))

[Nick Cox]

I don't think that approach will work as you are trying to use twoway options within a program that isn't a twoway command.

http://www.stata-journal.com/sjpdf.h...iclenum=gr0034 discusses some technique in this territory.