Variable label on axis

[Johanna Krenz]

Hi,

I'm constructing graphs in a loop and want to set the ytitle to the variable label not the variable name. I also want to change the size of the letters. So, right now I use
ytitle("`var2'", size(medlarge)) in the loop over all var2, but I want to use "label of var2" instead. How can I do this?

Thanks!

[Nick Cox]

See

help macro

and follow your nose.

ytitle(`"`: var label `var2''"')

A more paranoid approach uses a variable name as back up if a variable label is not defined

local yttl : var label `var2'
if `"`yttl'"' == "" local yttl "`var2'"
... ytitle(`"`yttl'"')

The compound double quotes are to accommodate possible " " within the variable label.

[Johanna Krenz]

Thank you very much!

Now, I have a similar problem: If the var2 is a list of countries with lowercase letters, e.g. germany algeria etc. However, I want the ytitle to be the uppercase country name, e.g. Germany Algeria etc. Is there a way to make that happen in the ytitle command?

[Nick Cox]

There are functions upper() and indeed lower(), but I think you mean and need proper():

. di proper("germany")
Germany