Fun With SAS ODS Graphics: Pony Bead Flag Fourth of July Craft Project

tc — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 08:14:43 GMT

A quick SAS ODS Graphics take on a clever pony bead flag craft project. Have a great 4th, all!

* Fun With SAS ODS Graphics: Pony Bead 4th of July Flag Craft Project
  Inspired by iheartcraftythings.com/pony-bead-flag-craft.html;
  
data flag;                                          * Generate points for red/white/blue 'beads' & white stars;
do y=1 to 14;                                       * 14 rows of beads; 
  do x=1 to 19;                                     * 19 beads per row;
    if y>=7 and x<=9 then color=1;                  * Blue beads for 'canton';
    else if y in (1,2,5,6,9,10,13,14) then color=2; * Red beads for stripes;
    else color=3;                                   * White beads for stripes;
    output;
  end; 
end;
x=.;y=.;
do y2=7.75 to 13.5 by (13.5-7.75)/3;                * 4 rows of stars, distribute evenly;
  do x2=1.75 to 8.25 by (8.25-1.75)/3;              * 4 columns of stars, distribute evenly; 
    output; 
  end; 
end;
                                                    * Make a flag using ellipse and scatter plots;
ods graphics / antialias height=7in width=9.5in imagefmt=svg noborder; * Make height/width proportional to rows/columns;
proc sgplot data=flag noborder noautolegend pad=0 nowall;
styleattrs backcolor=cx3C3B6E datacolors=(red white blue); * Navy-ish blue background;
symbolchar name=uniStar char='2605'x;               * Unicode value for 5-point star;
ellipseparm semimajor=.48 semiminor=.48 / fill xorigin=x yorigin=y group=color nomissinggroup; * Red/white/blue 'beads';
scatter x=x y=y / markerattrs=(color=cx3C3B6E symbol=circlefilled size=15pt); * 'Holes' in center of 'beads';
scatter x=x2 y=y2 / markerattrs=(symbol=uniStar color=white size=96pt); * White stars;
xaxis display=none values=(.5 to 19.5) offsetmin=0 offsetmax=0; * Suppress axes and minimize padding around markers;
yaxis display=none values=(.5 to 14.5) offsetmin=0 offsetmax=0;
run;

Re: Fun With SAS ODS Graphics: Pony Bead Flag Fourth of July Craft Project

Ksharp — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 09:29:40 GMT

tc,
Long time no see!

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Fun With SAS ODS Graphics: Pony Bead Flag Fourth of July Craft Project

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