topic Re: Histograms - add axis label and specify endpoints in Graphics Programming

Histograms - add axis label and specify endpoints

rebeccabarton — Sun, 14 May 2017 19:22:10 GMT

Hi I'm trying to produce a histogram within SAS for education.

I tried using proc sgplot but was unable to make the intervals at the edges not the centre.

So I tried using proc univariate but was unable to label my axis.

Is it possible to do both?

proc univariate data=SASUSER.DATA1;
histogram sales2015 / endpoints=(0 to 16000 by 2000);
run;

proc sgplot data=SASUSER.DATA1;

histogram sales2015 / nbins=7 binstart=1000 binwidth=2000 SHOWBINS ;
xaxis label="Sales in 2015";

yaxis grid;
run;

Re: Histograms - add axis label and specify endpoints

Reeza — Sun, 14 May 2017 19:22:28 GMT

Your xaxis? Apply a label to the variable and it will pass through to the PROC.

label sales2015 = 'My axis title';

Re: Histograms - add axis label and specify endpoints

Reeza — Sun, 14 May 2017 19:23:33 GMT

Note: I've moved your post to the Graphs forum as it relates more to graphing than SAS Studio and I have changed your subject line to be more descriptive. You can undo any of these changes if you feel they are not appropriate.

Re: Histograms - add axis label and specify endpoints

rebeccabarton — Sun, 14 May 2017 19:24:55 GMT

Thanks, this is perfect. Is it also possible to change my chart title?

Re: Histograms - add axis label and specify endpoints

Reeza — Sun, 14 May 2017 19:27:56 GMT

Sure. In the HISTOGRAM statement you can add the ODSTITLE.

histogram .... / endpoints=(....) odstitle = 'MY GRAPH TITLE';

Re: Histograms - add axis label and specify endpoints

Rick_SAS — Sun, 14 May 2017 19:29:34 GMT

Yes. You can control the location of the ticks and whether the labels occur at the end of the bins or in the middle of a bin. Follow the instructions and examples at "Choosing bins for histograms in SAS."

The same examp[le shows how to display titles In PROC UNIVARIATE by using the ODSTITLE= and ODSTITLE2= options.

You can refer to the contents of the TITLE and TITLE2 global statements, our you can specify a string:

histogram X / odstitle="Main title" odstitle2="minor title";

Re: Histograms - add axis label and specify endpoints

rebeccabarton — Sun, 14 May 2017 19:47:19 GMT

thank you so much,

sorry final question, is it possible to just display the histogram and not all the additional data?