legend with text and labels

[Martin Semmelberg]

Hello, I want to have a legend that shows labels and text. This is my code: legend (row(2) order(- "Comment 1" 1 - "Comment 2" 2 label(1 "Var1lab") label(2 "Var2lab")) I cant get it right always comes up with parenthese do not balance. How do you do it correctly?

[Fei Wang]

The error message is usually informative: You have five "(" but only four ")".

[Martin Semmelberg]

ok thanks. Now I got
legend (row(2) order(- "Comment 1" 1 - "Comment 2" 2 label(1 "Var1lab") label(2 "Var2lab")))
I get the error message label(1 not an integer, option order() ignored.

[Nick Cox]

It is hard to know what you want, but it may be more like this

legend(row(2) order(- "Comment 1" 1 "Var1lab" - "Comment 2" 2 "Var2lab"))

[Martin Semmelberg]

Thanks, that works. Didnt know you were supposed to drop the "labs".

[Nick Cox]

I don't know whether order() and label() can be combined. I never use label() as I often want to insist on some details using order() and you can specify labels within it.