symbol in proc SGPLOT

[Koke]

Hi all,

I want to use 'a^' as a mark in my plot2, but I don't know how to combine the character (a) with symbol(^). Need help

data sat;
infile datalines firstobs = 3 delimiter='.' truncover ;
input year 4. @6 L_quart 5. U_quart
;
datalines;
Year	Lower	Upper
		Quart	Quart
2015	1200	1360
2014 	1170	1330
2013	1170	1330
2012	1140	1330
2011	1130	1320
2010	1110	1310
2009	1140	1310
2008	1120	1290
2007	1130	1300
2006	1150	1310
;
proc
print data = sat;
PROC SGPLOT DATA = sat; 
symbolchar name=plot1 char='0056'x;
symbolchar name=plot2 char='0061'x/'02C4'x;
SCATTER X = year Y = L_quart / MARKERATTRS = (SYMBOL=plot1 size=12pt);
SCATTER X = year Y = U_quart / markerattrs=(symbol=plot2 size=12pt);

1 OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK;

61

62 data sat;

63 infile datalines firstobs = 3 delimiter='.' truncover ;

64 input year 4. @6 L_quart 5. U_quart

65 ;

66 datalines;

NOTE: The data set WORK.SAT has 10 observations and 3 variables.

NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):

real time 0.01 seconds

cpu time 0.01 seconds

79 ;

80 proc

81 print data = sat;

NOTE: There were 10 observations read from the data set WORK.SAT.

NOTE: PROCEDURE PRINT used (Total process time):

real time 0.19 seconds

cpu time 0.16 seconds

82 PROC SGPLOT DATA = sat;

83 symbolchar name=plot1 char='0056'x;

84 symbolchar name=plot2 char='0061'x/'02C4'x;

_______

22

200

ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: ;, HOFFSET, ROTATE, SCALE, TEXTATTRS, VOFFSET.

ERROR 200-322: The symbol is not recognized and will be ignored.

85 symbolchar name=plot3 char='02C4'x ;

86 SCATTER X = year Y = L_quart / MARKERATTRS = (SYMBOL=plot1 size=12pt);

87 SCATTER X = year Y = U_quart / markerattrs=(symbol=plot2 size=12pt);

88

89

90 OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK;

103

[ballardw]

Would you like the ^ over the A? That may be the unicode 00C2, or 00E2 in lower case.

The syntax implies only a single character is allowed.

[Koke]

I would like to have both of them come together like this  'a^' not separate like this 'a' '^'. 

Thank

[DanH_sas]

If you are really wanting "a^" (two adjacent characters as one symbol), your best option is to retain a column in your datastep with that string, and use the MARKERCHAR option to reference it. Do something like the following:

data sat;
infile datalines firstobs = 3 delimiter='.' truncover ;
retain mysymbol "a^";
input year 4. @6 L_quart 5. U_quart
;
datalines;
Year	Lower	Upper
	Quart	Quart
2015	1200	1360
2014 	1170	1330
2013	1170	1330
2012	1140	1330
2011	1130	1320
2010	1110	1310
2009	1140	1310
2008	1120	1290
2007	1130	1300
2006	1150	1310
;
proc
print data = sat;
PROC SGPLOT DATA = sat; 
symbolchar name=plot1 char='0056'x;
SCATTER X = year Y = L_quart / MARKERATTRS = (SYMBOL=plot1 size=12pt);
SCATTER X = year Y = U_quart / markerchar=mysymbol markerattrs=(size=12pt);

Hope this helps!

Dan

[ChrisHemedinger]

@Koke, SYMBOLCHAR was added in 9.4M1 -- what version are you running? See this SAS note.

[Koke]

For Base SAS Software ...

Custom version information: 9.4_M4

Image version information: 9.04.01M4P110916

For SAS/STAT ...

Custom version information: 14.2

For SAS/ETS ...

Custom version information: 14.2

For SAS/IML ...

Custom version information: 14.2

For High Performance Suite ...

Custom version information: 2.2_M5

For SAS/ACCESS Interface to PC Files ...

Custom version information: 9.4_M4

This is what it shows when I run the PROC product status

thank