Onewplot_option mlabel() not allowed

[Mattia Gatti]

Hi there,

Nice to meet you, it is my first time here as I am getting more acquainted with STATA.

I am experiencing an issue with the mlabel() command as I receive back the error r(198).

I am trying to use onewplot to generate a graph with party positions on a continuum (single dimension):

* Example generated by -dataex-. For more info, type help dataex
clear
input double redistribution str20 party
 2.859999895095825 "SPD"            
.28999999165534973 "Linkspartei/PDS"
 5.139999866485596 "CDU"            
3.2899999618530273 "Grunen"        
 7.139999866485596 "FDP"            
 4.860000133514404 "CSU"            
end

This is the code I used:

onewplot redistribution if year==2006, mlabel(party) mlabposition(3)

Do you have any suggestions? I read the syntax and I cannot see any mistyping (I may be wrong).

Sincerely
Mattia

[Nick Cox]

onewplot is a 1999 program from SSC written for Stata 6 (or 7). You're using some options available only from Stata 8 onwards and that won't work.

The metadata at SSC advise users of Stata 8 up to use stripplot (SSC) instead, but I can't see that as being especially helpful with your data example.

graph dot (asis) redistribution, over(party, sort(1))

is where I would start -- presumably if year == 2006 remains pertinent.

[Mattia Gatti]

That worked perfectly! Thanks

Also, thanks a lot for your speedy reply.

Sincerely
Mattia