two way scatter plot, command is unrecognized

[Olivia Kong]

I tried to graph a two way scatter plot, here is my code:
tw scatter or id, xlabel(1(1)`max', valuelabel angle(45) labsize(*0.5))
xtitle("") ytitle("Odds Ratio") yscale(log) || ///
rcap lb ub id, legend(off)

but i got results showed:
command xtitle is unrecognized
command rcap is unrecognized

may i know how to solve it? Thanks.

[Ali Atia]

Looks like you forgot to include /// at the end of your first line:

tw scatter or id, xlabel(1(1)`max', valuelabel angle(45) labsize(*0.5)) ///
xtitle("") ytitle("Odds Ratio") yscale(log) || ///
rcap lb ub id, legend(off)

[Olivia Kong]

Looks like you forgot to include /// at the end of your first line:

tw scatter or id, xlabel(1(1)`max', valuelabel angle(45) labsize(*0.5)) ///
xtitle("") ytitle("Odds Ratio") yscale(log) || ///
rcap lb ub id, legend(off)

Hi Ali,
Thank you for your reply, I included /// at the end of my first line before, and if i included it, I then got the results showed:
option / not allowed
command xtitle is unrecognized
command rcap is unrecognized

so i tried to run the command line by line, but it still doesn't work. is there any other reasons and solutions for this problem? thank you!

[Ali Atia]

You need to run the code from a do-file, rather than interactively (directly from the command-line). If you want to run it interactively, you cannot use the /// comment indicator, rather you will need to combine the whole command into a single line:

tw scatter or id, xlabel(1(1)`max', valuelabel angle(45) labsize(*0.5)) xtitle("") ytitle("Odds Ratio") yscale(log) || rcap lb ub id, legend(off)

From https://www.stata.com/manuals/u16.pdf:

The /* */, //, and /// comment indicators can be used in do-files and ado-files only; you may not use them interactively. You can, however, use the ‘*’ comment indicator interactively.

[Olivia Kong]

You need to run the code from a do-file, rather than interactively (directly from the command-line). If you want to run it interactively, you cannot use the /// comment indicator, rather you will need to combine the whole command into a single line:

tw scatter or id, xlabel(1(1)`max', valuelabel angle(45) labsize(*0.5)) xtitle("") ytitle("Odds Ratio") yscale(log) || rcap lb ub id, legend(off)

From https://www.stata.com/manuals/u16.pdf:

The /* */, //, and /// comment indicators can be used in do-files and ado-files only; you may not use them interactively. You can, however, use the ‘*’ comment indicator interactively.

Thank you! problem solved!