topic Re: Superscript in axis label SGPLOT in Graphics Programming

Superscript in axis label SGPLOT

Snehal — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 11:55:27 GMT

How can I print alphabet 'a' as superscript in xaxis label with SGPLOT on rtf output. I have tried some unicodes but none worked.

Re: Superscript in axis label SGPLOT

Ksharp — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 12:42:15 GMT

Did you try

ods escapechar='~' ;

............

~{super a}

Re: Superscript in axis label SGPLOT

Snehal — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 13:13:56 GMT

yeah, it is generating _SUP_a_SUP_

Re: Superscript in axis label SGPLOT

SuryaKiran — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 14:50:43 GMT

Try running in UTF-8 encoding

Re: Superscript in axis label SGPLOT

Jay54 — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 15:19:12 GMT

Axis label does not support SUP or SUB commands. It does support straight Unicode. If you can find built-in unicode symbol for superscript a, you can use it. Else, you need to use Annotate or, for simple case, use the Footnote.

Re: Superscript in axis label SGPLOT

SuryaKiran — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 15:39:58 GMT

You might need to use the unicode 0x1d43.

Check this link-->https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17908593/how-to-find-the-unicode-of-the-subscript-alphabet

Re: Superscript in axis label SGPLOT

GraphGuy — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 14:49:07 GMT

Here's one way to do it (I haven't specifically tried it in rtf, but I assume it should work there too)...

ods escapechar='^';
proc sgplot data=sashelp.class;
scatter x=weight y=height;
xaxis label="Weight ^{unicode '1d43'x}" labelattrs=(size=20 family=Arial);
run;

Re: Superscript in axis label SGPLOT

GraphGuy — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 14:52:23 GMT

By the way - I used the Windows Character Map to find the numeric code for the superscript 'a' ...

Re: Superscript in axis label SGPLOT

Snehal — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 08:57:12 GMT

I tried this but it is producing a rectangle instead of alphabet 'a' as a superscript.

Re: Superscript in axis label SGPLOT

DanH_sas — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 20:22:08 GMT

The other important key is that you have to specify a Unicode font that contains that glyph. Notice in Robert's reply that he explicitly requested the "Arial" font. The font you are using might not have that glyph, which will give you a box.

Re: Superscript in axis label SGPLOT

gabonzo — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 18:21:39 GMT

Thank you, in this example, you are printing unicode text in the AXIS LABEL.

I want to be able to print unicode text in the AXIS VALUES, using a FORMAT.

That is the crucial difference, and unless somebody can prove me wrong, I don't think I can do this for the axis values.

Original thread

Re: Superscript in axis label SGPLOT

GraphGuy — Wed, 02 Jun 2021 12:04:44 GMT

@gabonzo - Printing superscript text in the axis values is a different topic from doing it in the axis label.

It would be best to start a new thread for that. 🙂