Wrong label using splitvallabels

[Rodrigo Badilla]

Dear all,

I am having wrong labels using ssc splitvallabels and ssc catplot. example:

clear all
sysuse auto

splitvallabels foreign, length(8) local(vari)  

catplot , over(foreign, relabel(`vari')) percent

without relabel:

catplot , over(foreign) percent

[Andrew Musau]

splitvallabels and catplot are from SSC, as you are asked to explain in FAQ Advice #12. catplot is a wrapper for graph bar and graph hbar. It is a misconception that the -relabel()- option of graph bar specifies values corresponding to value labels. It does not; it only specifies the order of bars in the graph, starting from 1 and increasing in increments of 1. Therefore, the mapping from value labels to the graph order should be handled in the splitvallabels command through the -recode- option.

clear all
sysuse auto
splitvallabels foreign, length(8) local(vari) recode
catplot , over(foreign, relabel(`vari')) percent

[Rodrigo Badilla]

Thanks Andrew Musau

A little big detail.