topic Re: axis labels, indicies and greek letters in SAS Programming

axis labels, indicies and greek letters

AnnaIv — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 09:19:34 GMT

Dear SAS support team,

I have a short question regarding the labels on the graph: is it possible to use in the axis labels indices and greek letters? E.g. "C_1" and "theta".

Thank you in advance for your help!

Re: axis labels, indicies and greek letters

FreelanceReinh — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 10:23:50 GMT

Hello @AnnaIv and welcome to the SAS Support Communities!

Yes, this is possible:

proc sgplot data=sashelp.class;
xaxis label="Letter C with index 1 is here: C(*ESC*){unicode '2081'x}" labelattrs=GraphUnicodeText;
yaxis label="Here is the Greek letter theta: (*ESC*){unicode theta} and a variant of it: (*ESC*){unicode '03D1'x}";
scatter x=weight y=height;
run;

(Code adapted from an example found in "Creating Oncology Figures Using ODS Graphics ..." using hex codes found in a quick internet search.)

Result:

Without the labelattrs=GraphUnicodeText option in the XAXIS statement the subscript 1 did not appear.

Re: axis labels, indicies and greek letters

AnnaIv — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 10:32:41 GMT

Thank you very much for quick reply! It was very helpfull!