topic Re: how to adjust grid lines to make it denser in Graphics Programming

how to adjust grid lines to make it denser

changxuosu — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 19:37:35 GMT

Hi SAS Community,

I'm using SAS EG, sgplot statement to do some charts. One problem I have is that the gridlines are too dispersedly distributed. Does anyone know how to make gridlines denser? I've tried setting specifically value = (1 to 100 by 10), but the problem is that I want it be more flexible so I don't need to manually input the minimum 1 and maximum 100.

Any ideas or directions is greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Re: how to adjust grid lines to make it denser

DanH_sas — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 19:47:09 GMT

GRID lines are tied to major tick marks, but MINORGRID lines are tied to minor ticks. One idea to try is the following:

1. Remove the REFLINE statement your're using now.

2. Add the GRID, MINOR, and MINORGRID option to your XAXIS or YAXIS statement

Post back and let us know if that gets you closer to what you want.

Thanks!
Dan

Re: how to adjust grid lines to make it denser

changxuosu — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 15:20:12 GMT

Thank you so much Dan! What you told me is very difficult for me to find out by myself. That's exactly what I'm looking for....

Re: how to adjust grid lines to make it denser

changxuosu — Sat, 26 Oct 2019 15:28:37 GMT

HI Dan, a follow up question is that, do you know how to make the values associated with each minor tick to show?
now I have enough grid lines 🙂 but I want the values to show as well so the graph will be more informative. I searched online but didn't find anything. not even in the SAS docuementation. Any idea is appreciated greatly. Thanks!