How to add a diagonal line over a specific range

[Tiago Pereira]

Hello, Statalisters!


Do you envisage a way to get the following result?

To sum up, I need to connect two points .1551557 and .4425479 (x axis). I have been doing this manually, but it might exist a more elegant way.

All the best,

Tiago

clear
set seed 12345
set obs 10
gene y = runiform()
gene x = runiform()
scatter y x

[Andrew Musau]

Here is one way for any two arbitrary points

gen n=_n
twoway (scatter y x) (scatter y x if inlist(n, 3, 5), connect(direct) lcolor(navy) mcolor(navy) legend(off))

[Nick Cox]

See also help on twoway scatteri

[Tiago Pereira]

Thank you so much, Andrew and Nick for the helpful tips.

All the best,

Tiago