topic Re: Suppressing variable name in map legend in Graphics Programming

Suppressing variable name in map legend

osi814 — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 19:50:41 GMT

Hi folks, I am using PROC GMAP to create a map, and I was wondering if anyone knows how I can suppress the variable name in the legend that appears underneath the map. I am using the "matchnum_code" variable to inform the color scheme for the map, but I don't want the name "matchnum_code" showing up next to the legend like it's doing now. Is there an option I can use in the CHORO / statement? I don't want any label for the legend, just the values and the colors they correspond to. Code is posted below. Thanks!

PROC GMAP

DATA=CBSA

MAP=CBSA

ANNO=ANNO;

ID NAME;

CHORO matchnum_code

/ DISCRETE ;

FORMAT matchnum_code matchnum.;

RUN;

Re: Suppressing variable name in map legend

ballardw — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 20:02:32 GMT

To modify behavior of a legend from the default you need to provide a LEGEND statement and tell the program to use it.

Legend1 label=none;

PROC GMAP

DATA=CBSA

MAP=CBSA

ANNO=ANNO;

ID NAME;

CHORO matchnum_code

/ DISCRETE Legend=Legend1;

FORMAT matchnum_code matchnum.;

RUN;

Re: Suppressing variable name in map legend

osi814 — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 20:08:52 GMT

That worked great! Thank you! Much appreciated

Re: Suppressing variable name in map legend

Barbara91 — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 09:02:54 GMT

buongiorno, scusate l0intrusione, ma lavorando con SAS ho trovato l'utilizzo di matchnum, ma non so a che cosa faccia riferimento, potreste aiutarmi?

Re: Suppressing variable name in map legend

DanH_sas — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 15:59:01 GMT

Barbara91's question (Italian->English): "Good morning, sorry for the intrusion, but working with SAS I found the use of MATCHNUM, but I do not know what you're referring to, could you help me?"

MATCHNUM is just a user-defined format in their program to convert the values of the matchnum_code variable into another form better for readers of the graphics output. You can create these formats using PROC FORMAT.

Hope this helps!

Dan