Graph Legend Syntax Question

[Sarah Gayle]

Hello,
I am trying to label my legend in a graph and going crazy trying to figure out what to do. After googling for about an hour and typing and retyping I am getting the same error. I am hoping a fresh set of eyes can help me...
All I am trying to do is rename the legend to match my variables (which I feel like it should do automatically). Right now it just says "fitted values" for all three lines.

. twoway (lfit PRICE WINDEX) (lfit PRICE WLINDEX) (lfit PRICE WPINDEX)( legend(lab(1 "WINDEX")(2 "WLINDEX" ) (3"WPINDEX"))))
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[Carole J. Wilson]

I use extra spaces so you can see the options and parentheses clearly (they do no harm, but are not necessary).

sysuse auto, clear
twoway (lfit price trunk) (lfit price turn, legend(  label(1 "Trunk")label( 2 "Turn") )   )

[Sarah Gayle]

Nevermind. Thanks anyway...

[Sarah Gayle]

I use extra spaces so you can see the options and parentheses clearly (they do no harm, but are not necessary).

sysuse auto, clear
twoway (lfit price trunk) (lfit price turn, legend( label(1 "Trunk")label( 2 "Turn") ) )

Just saw your reply. Thanks so much. I actually figured it out via the point and click method. Can y ou tell me for the future what was wrong with my code? I am seeing it all over the place as the way to change colors, not sure why mine didn't wrok.

[Carole J. Wilson]

You can add options in a separate parentheses, as though there was an empty graph command, but there needs to be a comma before those options.

Yours code would work with the following modifications

**original**    
( legend(lab(1 "WINDEX")(2 "WLINDEX" ) (3"WPINDEX"))))

**revised**    
( , legend(lab(1 "WINDEX") lab(2 "WLINDEX" ) lab(3"WPINDEX")  ) )  

*add a comma before legend
*add lab before each label group
*take away one close parens at the end

[Nick Cox]

I always use the order() suboption in these circumstances

legend(order(1 "WINDEX" 2 "WLINDEX" 3"WPINDEX"))

as cleaner.