Stata Graph - Some Dashed Lines, Some Solid Lines

[Ana Carla]

Hi!

I'm working on Stata 13/MP from a Mac.

I am trying to get a graph showing the dynamics of variables var1-var8 over time.
var1-var4 belong to the treatment group, while var5-var8 belong to the control group.
I would like to have solid lines for var1-var4 (treatment group) and dashed lines for var5-var8 (control group). Is that possible?

I was thinking about doing something like:
tw (scatter var1 var2 var3 var4 var5 var6 var7 var8 time) (line var1 var2 var3 var4 var5 var6 var7 var8 time) ///
lpattern(???)

Would that be an option? If yes, could anyone help me with the syntax?

Thanks a lot in advance!

Ana

[Nick Cox]

line var1 var2 var3 var4 var5 var6 var7 var8 time, lp(solid solid solid solid dash ..)

No guarantee on whether it looks good!

Among other possibilities, see http://www.statalist.org/forums/foru...ailable-on-ssc

[Ana Carla]

Thanks, Nick! That's exactly what I wanted

[Ana Carla]

May I ask you one more question?

I get the following graph, where the lines are very close to each other for every variable at the bottom.
Is there a way to change the scale so that we can distinguish the lines at the bottom better?

Thanks in advance!

[Svend Juul]

You could try the yscale(log) option - provided y is always a positive number.