Bar charts: Percent on y-axis, absolute count over each bar?

[Andreas Moegelmose]

Hi,

I'm making a bunch of barcharts, some using graph, some using catplot, like this:

graph bar, over(Population_categories_j, relabel(`r(relabel)')) blabel(total, format(%9.1f)) name(Population_record) ylabel(0(10)80) ytitle("Percent") xsize(4)

and this

catplot combined combined_group, asyvars vertical blabel(total, format(%9.1f)) percent(combined) ylabel(0(10)80) name(combined_bar_chart) ytitle("Percent")

As you can see, I have figured out how to show percentages on the columns. Is it possible to keep showing percentages on the y-axis while showing the absolute number associated with each bar above the bar, instead of the percentage which is currently shown? Thank you!

[Nick Cox]

Data example please. https://www.statalist.org/forums/help#stata

(The same section gives a request to identify community-contributed commands as such, here catplot from SSC.)

[Andrew Musau]

graph bar does not allow flexibility to define your own bar labels. The only way you achieve this is to use the text() option. Otherwise, it is easier to switch to twoway bar. For purposes of illustration, I partly illustrate the former.

sysuse auto
*PICK OUT TOTAL VALUES FROM GRAPH (here, 3rd bar = 6429.23)
graph bar price, over(rep78) xsize(4) blabel(total) bar(1, bcolor(none)) scheme(s1color)
*USE TEXT OPTION TO ASSIGN BAR LABEL
graph bar (percent) price, over(rep78) ylab(0(10)45) ytitle("Percent") xsize(4) ///
text(45 50 "6429.23", size(small)) bar(1, bcolor(none))scheme(s1color)