Customizing axis labels in by() graphs (after xrescale)

[Soenke Matthewes]

Hi Statalisters,
is there a way to change the axis labels of individual by()-graph "sub"plots? The by()-option "xrescale" allows for differently scaled axes, but I want to customize them myself, i.e. change the labels for each graph individually.
Thanks in advance!
Sönke

[Andrew Musau]

I do not know of an option to do this directly, but you can change the labels using (code from) the graph editor.

sysuse auto, clear
tw scatter mpg weight, by(rep78, yrescale iyaxes)

So if I want to change the y-labels in subgraph #2, to start from 14 to 29 in increments of 3, I would use the following code:

sysuse auto, clear
tw scatter mpg weight, by(rep78, yrescale iyaxes)
gr_edit plotregion1.yaxis1[2].reset_rule 14 29 3 , tickset(major) ruletype(range) yaxis1[2] edits

Res.:

[Soenke Matthewes]

Hi Andrew,
Great, your suggestion works perfectly!
It seems that going via the graph editor is the only way. I've been searching through the help documentation all day but couldn't find any other method.
Thanks a lot for your help!