Two overlaid bars, put larger bar in background, smaller in f

[Andreas Orland]

Good morning!
I want to plot two numeric variables as bars on another numeric variable. I adjusted the bar width and the transparency, and the result looks like this:

I would like to show the (absolute) smaller bar for each x-value in front of the other bar.
Is there an option I miss?

Best
Andreas

[Nick Cox]

You're not missing an option I know about. You could always work with

gen barmin = cond(abs(var1) < abs(var2), var1, var2) 

gen barmax = cond(abs(var1) < abs(var2), var2, var1)

but then the colour coding wouldn't make much sense,

Wouldn't a line chart be clearer?

[Andreas Orland]

Thanks, Nick.

I use the graph to explain my economic experiment. My subjects will be setting prices. And the possible prices are discrete.
The colors should stay the way they are. I use line charts when I explain the theory (where we assume continuous prices) and I
want to contrast theory and experimental design.

I will just stick with the transparent bars.

Best
Andreas