topic Unicode for lables by proc format in sgpanel in Graphics Programming

Unicode for lables by proc format in sgpanel

MM08 — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 08:57:19 GMT

Dears,

I'm using sgpanel procedure to get a graphs with subsript of one and zero.
Superscripts with zero and one works but no subscripts.

here is my code :

proc format;

value $L2_ 'S1' ="S(*ESC*){unicode '2070'x}(t)"

'S2' ="S(*ESC*){unicode '00b9'x}(t)"

'S3'="S(*ESC*){unicode '2079'x}(t)"

'S4'="S(*ESC*){unicode '2082'x}(t)"

'S5'="S(*ESC*){unicode '2081'x}(t)";

run;

ods graphics on / border=off width=22cm height=12cm;

proc sgpanel data=x noautolegend;

format label2 $L2_.;

panelby sample / novarname columns=2;

scatter x=label2 y=col1 / group=method groupdisplay=cluster;

run;

This is the relevant part of the graph, where only superscript but not subscripts (unicode 2081 and 2081) works:

If I use this format by a proc freq, than it works with subsript and superscript.

Do you have any idea what is the problem and how it can be solved?

Re: Unicode for lables by proc format in sgpanel

DanH_sas — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 14:37:14 GMT

When you reference Unicode values in the 2000 range, many fonts do not have those glyphs. That is why you're getting hte boxes. The way to address this is to reference a more complete Unicode font via the VALUEATTRS option on the axis statement. We ship some of these fonts. For your case, try the following statement. You might also need to use the SIZE option in the VALUEATTRS to make this font a little bigger.

rowaxis valueattrs=(family="Arial Unicode MS");

colaxis valueattrs=(family="Arial Unicode MS");

Hope this helps!
Dan

Re: Unicode for lables by proc format in sgpanel

MM08 — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 07:31:32 GMT

Thanks, this is a simple and perfect solution.