How to use marker symbols with twoway graph

[Alessandro Franconi]

Dear Statalists,

I am plotting two impulse response functions (with their respective confidence bands) for horizon "h" in the same graph, hence I would like to use marker symbols to differentiate among them for B/W versions. However, Stata does not recognize my option for marker symbols in the following code:

twoway (line response1 h, lcolor(navy) lpattern(solid) lwidth(thick)) ///
(line upband1 h, lcolor(navy) lpattern(longdash) lwidth(thick) msymbol(Dh) msize(large)) ///  
(line loband1 h, lcolor(navy) lpattern(longdash) lwidth(thick) msymbol(Dh) msize(large))  ///
(line response2  h, lcolor(cranberry) lpattern(solid) lwidth(thick)) ///
(rarea upband2 loband2 h, fcolor(cranberry%30) lcolor(cranberry%30) msymbol(Oh) msize(large)) ///
(line zero h, lcolor(black) lpattern(dash) lwidth(med))

(The impulse responses of group 1 have confidence bands with dashed lines, whereas group 2 with a shaded area.)

Thanks a lot,
Alessandro

[Andrew Musau]

Markers are present in scatterplots, not line graphs. Perhaps you want:

(scatter upband1 h, connect(l) lcolor(navy) lpattern(longdash) lwidth(thick) msymbol(Dh) msize(large))

[Alessandro Franconi]

Thanks!