[Graph] adding brackets and labels to the y-axis label

[Long Hong]

Dear All:

I am writing to see if there is any way for me to add brackets to the y-axis labels and group them into two groups? A nice example of my description is a graph from the presentation slides of Ben Jann's - coefplot - attached below.

This might not be directly relevant to the question, but it is actually a follow-up question following my previous post. In case it is relevant, in the previous post I have plotted a graph using the following codes provided by Carole J. Wilson.

clear
input str6 varname float(b se t pvalue ll ul)
"mpg"    -186.84166  88.17601 -2.1189625 .03769533   -362.748 -10.93533
"trunk"   -12.72642 104.87854 -.12134439   .903771  -221.9534 196.50053
"length"   54.55294  35.56248  1.5340027 .12960176  -16.39227 125.49815
"turn"   -200.32475 140.01657 -1.4307218 .15702333 -479.65015  79.00066
"_cons"    8009.893  6205.538   1.290765 .20109335  -4369.817   20389.6
end

sort b
gen order=_n
drop if varname=="_cons"  // ignore if you want to include the constant
labmask order, values(varname)
gr twoway rcap ll ul order, horiz || ///
    scatter order b , ///
    xline(0) ylab(,valuelabel angle(horizontal)) ///
    ytitle("") legend(off)

Thank you very much and I look forward to hearing from you!

Best regards,
Long Hong

[Marcos Almeida]

Maybe this thread will be helpful to you.

[Long Hong]

Dear Marcos Almeida, thank you for the thread! I have successfully solved the bracket problem using your post.

I am wondering if you also know how to create vertical texts to the left of the brackets like the one in the graph. Thank you in advance!

Best, Long

[Marcos Almeida]

I don't whether you can do this with a single-line code but perhaps you can do it manually by using the graph editor. Just click on the T toggle and see if this helps.

[Scott Merryman]

Here is a method. To make everything fit correctly will require trial and error.

gr twoway rcap ll ul order, horiz || ///
    scatter order b , ///
    xline(0) ylab(,valuelabel angle(horizontal)) ///
    ytitle("") legend(off) ///
    text( 3.5 -720 "{it:Group 1}", orientation(vertical)) ///
    text( 3.5 -700 "{subscript:|}{superscript:__________________________}{subscript:|}", orientation(vertical)) ///
    text( 2.5 -720 "{it:Group 2}", orientation(vertical)) ///
    text( 1.5 -720 "{it:Group 3}", orientation(vertical))  graphregion(margin(l+8))

[Long Hong]

Dear Scott Merryman, thank you for providing the codes. They look easy to operate and it solves my problem! - Best, Long