Variable labels in graph's legend

[Philipp Danninger]

Hey everyone,

I need to create 64 scatter plots, which I then combine for comparison. I use a loop to set up all 64 graphs in order to use -graph combine- later on. In that Loop (see below) I would like to display the variable labels in the legend and xtitle of the graphs instead of the variable's name. However, I could not find a way to address the individual variable labels. Anybody with some advice on how to implement that?

foreach var in capt cont cit inct pit propt ssc vat {
 forvalues i = 1/8 {
 twoway rcap ci_low`var' ci_high`var' q`i', lstyle(ci) ||   ///
 scatter `var' q`i', mstyle(p1) mcolor(navy)  ///
 legend(order(1 "95% CI" 2 " `var' Coefficients")) ///  *** Display the lable of var here
 legend(size(vsmall) height(2) width(90) row(1)) /// 
 xtitle("Ranked capital intensities q`i'") /// ****same here for my q-variables
 name(`var'_`i', replace)
 }
}

Cheers
Philipp

[wbuchanan]

Maybe try something like:

 
 foreach var in capt cont cit inct pit propt ssc vat {  forvalues i = 1/8 {  twoway rcap ci_low`var' ci_high`var' q`i', lstyle(ci) ||   ///  scatter `var' q`i', mstyle(p1) mcolor(navy)  ///  legend(order(1 "95% CI" 2 `" `: var label `var'' Coefficients"')) ///  *** Display the lable of var here  legend(size(vsmall) height(2) width(90) row(1)) ///   xtitle(`"Ranked capital intensities `: var label q`i''"') /// ****same here for my q-variables  name(`var'_`i', replace)  } }

It's a bit challenging to provide truly useful/helpful examples without being able to replicate things, but if you read the help for extended macro functions that should help you out quite a bit.

[Philipp Danninger]

Dear wbuchanan,

Thank you so much for your advice. The code works perfectly now.

Cheers

Philipp