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Adie_efc
Calcite | Level 5

as is traditional in a KM plot (step plot) the symbol for a censored value is a ¦ (vertical line). every example Ive seen in GTL uses a symbol of plus as there doesnt seem to be an appropriate symbol and unlike old versions I cant use a capital i. My example below uses a + too and it doesnt look quite right.

stepplot x=_x y=_surv / group=signvar lineattrs=(pattern=solid) name='s';

scatterplot x=_x y=_cens / markerattrs=(symbol=plus) GROUP=signvar  ;

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Jay54
Meteorite | Level 14

You have two option.  With SAS 9.4M1, you can use any character from a font as a symbol using the SYMBOLCHAR statement.  With Unicode fonts, your choices are huge.  Pre SAS 9.4M1, you can use the SCATTERPLOT with MARKERCHARACTER option to draw the vertical bar "|" at each location.

Haikuo
Onyx | Level 15

Sanjay,

Thank you for coming and the autograph. Great talk in BUG. Hope you had a pleasant trip!

Haikuo

Jay54
Meteorite | Level 14

It was my pleasure meeting all the BUGS attendees. 

Adie_efc
Calcite | Level 5

Hi Sanjay

Im using 9.3 and using the scatterplot/markerchar. however it doesnt give me the option to use a vertical bar "|", only the ones in the standard ones.

unless Im doing something wrong with my scatter?

scatterplot x=_x y=_cens / markerattrs=(symbol=plus) GROUP=signvar  ;

Thanks

Adie

Adie_efc
Calcite | Level 5

after all this...my boss has changed his mind and the "plus" is now acceptable!

Thanks anyway!

Jay54
Meteorite | Level 14

OK.  But if you still need to do something similar later, here is what you do.  First, add a new column (censor) to your data and populate it with the character(s) you want to display in the graph.. In this case, put a "|" where ever you want the display the censor observation.  Then use the scatterplot with same X and Y variables and the option markercharacter=censor.  Keep the length of this variable (or format) as small as possible to avoid any leading blanks.

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