topic Re: drawtext equivalent in Graphics Programming

drawtext equivalent

Leo9 — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 17:20:36 GMT

Hello Everyone,

In proc template we have drawtext to put text on the graph.

Do we have any equivalent in proc sgplot ?

Re: drawtext equivalent

Jay54 — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 17:26:50 GMT

Yes. SG annotation. See recent article in Graphically Speaking.

Re: drawtext equivalent

Reeza — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 17:32:02 GMT

Two other options that may be useful:

SYMBOLCHAR or TEXT statement in PROC SGPLOT

I like those because then I'm dealing with a single dataset but it really depends on what you're trying to do.

Re: drawtext equivalent

Jay54 — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 17:50:20 GMT

Text or Scatter with Markerchar can be used to draw text inside the plot data area. To draw text outside the plot area, you will need to use annotate. The SG annotate functions get scripted as DRAWTEXT statements in the generated GTL.