Get superscript and less-than-or-equal-to to show in SGPANEL labels

[mariko5797]

As of right now, the output graph is writing out the text exactly rather than translating it to a superscript or less-than-or-equal-to symbol.

proc format;
 value $BMI
 	'Not Obese' 	= "BMI < 30 kg/m^{super 2}"
	'Obese'			= "30 ^{unicode 2264} BMI ^{unicode 2264} 40 kg/m^{super 2}"
	'Severely Obese'= "BMI > 40 kg/m^{super 2}"
	'All Subjects'	= "All Subjects";
run;

ods escapechar = "^";
proc sgpanel data = fig23 (where = (SPECTYPE ^in ("Breast Milk", "Plasma"))) pad = (top=5% bottom=5%) sganno = footnote3;
 panelby BMIGRP ABRV_SPECTYPE / layout = lattice onepanel novarname;
 histogram PCOMP / scale = count datalabel = count;
 format BMIGRP $BMI.;
run;

[ballardw]

Try using *ESC* in place of the ^ in the format definitions.

[DanH_sas · Accepted solution]

There are a few issues issues here:

First, @ballardw is correct. You MUST use the default escape char sequence, which is (*ESC*), when using inline functions in PROC FORMAT for ODS Graphics output, . In the procedures, you can use the redefined character.

Second, the SUP and SUB functions are supported only in annotation in the SGPANEL procedure. However, you CAN use the Unicode equivalent of s superscript 2 in your PROC FORMAT, which is '00b2'x.

Third, your Unicode specifications should be wrapped in single quotes, followed by an 'x' (for hex). For example: (*ESC*){unicode '00b2'x}

Hope this helps!

Dan

[Ksharp]

https://blogs.sas.com/content/graphicallyspeaking/2011/11/14/the-power-of-unicode/

https://blogs.sas.com/content/graphicallyspeaking/2015/07/29/unicode-in-formatted-data-sas-9-40m3/