How to create a formatted unicode character within a GTL label

Garnett — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 19:20:00 GMT

Greetings!

I can write within PROC TEMPLATE:

layout overlay / yaxisopts=(label = "p((*ESC*){unicode theta})") ;

I'd like the symbol theta (and only theta) to appear in italics. How can I do this? v9.4

Thanks very much in advance!

Garnett

Re: How to create a formatted unicode character within a GTL label

sdengland — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 13:43:44 GMT

Give this a try:

layout overlay / 
   yaxisopts=(label = "(*ESC*){unicode theta}" labelattrs=(style=italic size=12pt));

To make it bold, add weight=bold to labelattrs=.

Re: How to create a formatted unicode character within a GTL label

Garnett — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 17:01:30 GMT

Hi there!

Thanks for your reply. The challenge is italicizing theta without italicizing "P(" and ")". Apparently it cannot be done.

I received a reply from tech support, pasted below:

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Garnett,

There is not an option to italicize only a portion of an axis label. The text style applies to the entire label.

You can use a DRAWTEXT statement to place the text on the graph to simulate the label.

Below is a simple sample that will suppress the default Y axis label and use the DRAWTEXT statement to place text to the left of the graph. The PAD= option on the BEGINGRAPH statement adds space to the left of the graph where we want the text to be placed. You might need to adjust the PAD= value, depending on how the text looks on your graph.

proc template;

  define statgraph plot;

    begingraph / pad=( left=5%);

     layout overlay / yaxisopts=(display=(ticks tickvalues line));

       scatterplot x=age y=height;

 

       drawtext textattrs=(style=normal) "P" textattrs=(style=italic) "(*ESC*){unicode theta}" / xspace=graphpercent yspace=wallpercent x=2 y=50

           rotate=90 anchor=center width=50;

 

     endlayout;

   endgraph;

  end;

run;

proc sgrender data=sashelp.class template=plot;

run;

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