topic Re: sgplot - seglabel= is not a valid syntax - looking for workaround in Graphics Programming

sgplot - seglabel= is not a valid syntax - looking for workaround

xxformat_com — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 08:47:26 GMT

Hi,

datalabel=... can be used to specified a variable which will use to display the information.

But there is nothing similar with seglabel. We can not specifiy seglabel=ageb.

Is there a workaround to display other values that the statistics associated with the group in a bar?

proc format;
    value yr 12='12 Years Old'
             13='13 Years Old'
             14='14 Years Old'
             15='15 Years Old'
             16='16 Years Old';
run;

data class;
    set sashelp.class;
    ageb=put(age,yr.);
run;

ods graphics / width=15cm height=10cm noborder;

proc sgplot data=class noborder noautolegend;
    vbar sex / group=age 
               seglabel;
run;

/* 
*this will not work as seglabel cannot be followed by an equal sign;
proc sgplot data=class noborder noautolegend;
    vbar sex / group=age 
               seglabel=ageb;
run;
 
proc sgplot data=class noborder noautolegend;
    vbar sex / group=age 
               seglabel=age
               seglabelformat=yr.;
run;
*/
ods graphics off;

Re: sgplot - seglabel= is not a valid syntax - looking for workaround

Reeza — Sat, 07 Sep 2019 23:22:35 GMT

You can use a TEXT statement to overlay the values. You may want to add some offset or adjustment to have them positioned exactly where you want.

@xxformat_com wrote:

Hi,

datalabel=... can be used to specified a variable which will use to display the information.

But there is nothing similar with seglabel. We can not specifiy seglabel=ageb.

Is there a workaround to display other values that the statistics associated with the group in a bar?

proc format;
    value yr 12='12 Years Old'
             13='13 Years Old'
             14='14 Years Old'
             15='15 Years Old'
             16='16 Years Old';
run;

data class;
    set sashelp.class;
    ageb=put(age,yr.);
run;

ods graphics / width=15cm height=10cm noborder;

proc sgplot data=class noborder noautolegend;
    vbar sex / group=age 
               seglabel;
run;

/* 
*this will not work as seglabel cannot be followed by an equal sign;
proc sgplot data=class noborder noautolegend;
    vbar sex / group=age 
               seglabel=ageb;
run;
 
proc sgplot data=class noborder noautolegend;
    vbar sex / group=age 
               seglabel=age
               seglabelformat=yr.;
run;
*/
ods graphics off;

Re: sgplot - seglabel= is not a valid syntax - looking for workaround

xxformat_com — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 21:52:40 GMT

Hi,

Here is the solution I finally got with sganno=:

data anno;
    function = 'text';
    textcolor= 'white';
    x1space  = 'datavalue';
    y1space  = 'datavalue';
    justify  = 'center';
    width    = 30;
    
    xc1='F';
    label='11 years old'; y1=.5; output;
    label='12 years old'; y1=2;  output;
    label='13 years old'; y1=4;  output;
    label='14 years old'; y1=6;  output;
    label='15 years old'; y1=8;  output;
    
    xc1='M';
    label='11 years old'; y1=.5;  output;
    label='12 years old'; y1=2.5; output;
    label='13 years old'; y1=4.5; output;
    label='14 years old'; y1=6;   output;
    label='15 years old'; y1=8;   output;
    label='16 years old'; y1=9.5; output;
run;

ods graphics / width=15cm height=10cm noborder;

proc sgplot data=sashelp.class noborder noautolegend sganno=anno;
    vbar sex / group=age;
run;

ods graphics;