Fun w/SAS ODS Graphics: Happy Mother's Day Wreath (Scatter + Text Plots)

tc — Sun, 11 May 2025 02:43:42 GMT

A quick change-all-stars-to-hearts fork of the earlier Fun w/SAS ODS Graphics Twinkle-Twinkle-Little-Star Holiday Wreath. Happy Mother's Day, all!

* Fun w/SAS ODS Graphics: Happy Mother's Day Wreath of Hearts (Scatter + Text Plots)
  A fork of earlier Fun w/SAS ODS Graphics Twinkle-Twinkle-Little-Star Holiday Wreath;
  
data wreath;                                                      /* Generate points for "wreath" graph */                                              
do frame=1 to 25;                                                 /* Randomly change colors of hearts for each frame of GIF to make them twinkle */
  tx=0; ty=0; msg="HAPPY*MOTHER'S*DAY!"; output; tx=.; ty=.;      /* Happy Mother's Day! message in center of wreath */
  do theta=0 to 2*constant("pi")+.1 by (2*constant("pi"))/60;     /* Generate 60 points around a circle for hearts on wreath */  
    do r=1 to .7 by -.075;                                        /* Five con-centric circles of hearts */
      x=r*cos(theta);                                             /* A little trigonometry to get x-coordinate */                           
      y=r*sin(theta);                                             /* And y-coordinate */
      color=(rand("Integer", 0, 11));                              /* Assign a random color for a 12-pastel color ramp */
      output;
    end;
 end;  
end;

ods graphics / imagefmt=GIF width=5in height=5in noborder;        /* Record wreath images */  
options nobyline papersize=('5 in', '5 in') animduration=.2 animloop=yes animoverlay printerpath=gif animation=start nodate nonumber;
ods printer file='~/momwreath/wreath.gif';                        /* Animated GIF filename */
proc sgplot noautolegend aspect=1 noborder nowall pad=0;          /* Generate a wreath! */
by frame;                                                         /* One image per frame to make hearts twinkle */
styleattrs backcolor=bipb;                                        /* Brilliant purple background color */
symbolchar name=uniHeart char='2764'x;                             /* Unicode value for heart */
scatter x=x y=y / markerattrs=(symbol=uniHeart size=19pt) colormodel=(cXdda0dd cX87ceeb cX40e0D0 cXfff700 cX00ff7f cXbdfcc9 cXffc0cb cXffa07a cXee82ee cXc8a2c8 cX00cccc cXb573dc) colorresponse=color; * Generate pastel-colored hearts;
text x=tx y=ty text=msg / contributeoffsets=none textattrs=(size=30pt weight=bold color=white) splitchar='*' splitpolicy=splitalways contributeoffsets=none; * "Happy Mother's Day!" message;
xaxis display=none; yaxis display=none;                           /* Hide axes */
run;
options printerpath=gif animation=stop;                           /* Stop recording images */
ods printer close;

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