topic Re: SGPLOT compared with GCHART in Graphics Programming

SGPLOT compared with GCHART

mftuchman — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:48:13 GMT

This post should contain one format statement, one proc gchart and one question. If you are not seeing all of these, it means my question was truncated.
proc format;
value xxx
0 <- .10 = '0 to 10%'
.10 <- .30 = '10% to 30%'
.30 <- .60 = '30% to 60%'
.60 <- high = 'More than 60%';
run;
proc gchart data=inputdata;
format val xxx.;
vbar val / freq=_freq discrete;
run;
quit;

How can I create this same plot using PROC SGPLOT? I'm having trouble finding the options I need either in the XAXIS statement of SGPLOT or the options. I'm probably just missing something obvious that's already in the documentation, but can anybody help me make my plot?

The point of this for me is to learn SGPLOT, so please don't say "if you're already doing it, why worry".

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Re: SGPLOT compared with GCHART

DanH_sas — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 17:15:04 GMT

For this example, all you need to do is drop the word DISCRETE and change the proc name to SGPLOT 🙂

Dan

Re: SGPLOT compared with GCHART

mftuchman — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:50:59 GMT

OK. That worked. Thank you. It just seems odd that I need to specify DISCRETE in one environment but not the other.

How does PROC SGPLOT "think", in this particular instance? Also, what's the sgplot analog for LEVELS=n?

Re: SGPLOT compared with GCHART

DanH_sas — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:58:23 GMT

Currently, there is not a direct analog to the LEVELS option. By default, the procedure summarizes on DISCRETE numeric or character values. To achieve the LEVELS functionality, you can define your own user-defined format to establish your ranges and define the label for each range.

Thanks!
Dan

Re: SGPLOT compared with GCHART

ArtC — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 06:59:21 GMT

The following link talks about the markup text used in the forum and gives some direction as to why your post was truncated.
http://support.sas.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=27609毙

Re: SGPLOT compared with GCHART

Jay54 — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:25:03 GMT

Posting a program with special characters like < or > or / causes problems to how the message shows up in the viewer. You can use the appropriate HTML escape characters for these special characters, as I have use here. The / (forward slash) for the statement options is really needed.

Here is a link to the full list of HTML escape characters:
http://www.theukwebdesigncompany.com/articles/entity-escape-characters.php