How to properly combine graphs

[Manuel Ferraro]

Dear all,
I'm trying to combine several graphs in a single column, and noticed that the alignment is not optimal due to the space taken by the Y axis labels. Consider the following example:

sysuse auto, clear
scatter len wei, name(one, replace)
gen len2 = len*10000
scatter len2 wei, name(two, replace)
graph combine one two, col(1)

As you can see, the graphs are misaligned because the second has longer labels; the xcommon options doesn't correct it. Could you advice on how to proper align?

Not sure it matters but I have the following options in the "myprofile.do" file:

grstyle init
grstyle set graphsize 5cm 5cm
grstyle set margin "1 1 1 1", pt: graph

[Maarten Buis]

I find the allignment of graphs always a problem when using graph combine. So instead I always use the by() option:

sysuse auto, clear
gen len1 = len
gen len2 = len1*10000
keep len? wei
gen id = _n
reshape long len, i(id) j(foo)
scatter len wei, ///
   by(foo, cols(1) yrescale)

[Nick Cox]

For more on Maarten Buis's method, see https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf...36867X20976341

[Manuel Ferraro]

Thank you Maarten and Nick, I will look into the use of the by() option