Adding formatted values as text in a graph

[Alfonso Sánchez-Peñalver]

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if there is a way to format the values we enter as text in a graph. Consider the following:

sysuse auto, clear
quiet sum mpg, d
local me = r(mean)
local sk = r(skewness)
histogram mpg, frac text(.395 30 "Mean: `me'" "Skewness: `sk'")

It produces the following histogram



As you can see the numbers are with all the decimals. There is no way I can use the typical formatting that we use with display, and I was wondering if the formatting could be done when assigning the values to the local macro, or in any other way.

Thanks!!!!

[Alfonso Sánchez-Peñalver]

Actually, I found the following solution.

sysuse auto, clear
quiet sum mpg, d
local me: display %5.2f r(mean)
local sk: display %6.4f r(skewness)
histogram mpg, frac text(.395 30 "Mean: `me'" "Skewness: `sk'")

It produces



So basically to use display when assigning the values to the local macro, to format the value then. Is there any way to do it within the text option?

Thanks!!!

[Andrew Musau]

histogram mpg, frac text(.395 30 "Mean: `:di %5.2f `=`me'''" "Skewness: `:di %6.4f `=`sk'''")