Editing bar charts

[Gerrit Frye]

Hey there,
I'm still using Stata 14.2 and have a question on graphics, especially bar charts. How do I extend the space between the x-values? In "axis label properties (Major)", I have already change the angle to 90° and the size of the values to "v. small", but the "text gap" only changes the space to the axis itself .

And another question: Is it possible to type the 3 adressed commands, so I dont have to "manually" change it over the "drag and drop" method in "axis label properties (Major)" -- for 12 charts?

Many Thanks
Gerrit Frye

[Marcos Almeida]

Welcome to the Statalist/Stata Forum


Please read the FAQ, particularly on how to post a question. You may wish to share data - or mock example - under CODE delimiters or by installing the SSSC dataex.

I have a question on graphics, especially bar charts. How do I extend the space between the x-values?

You may wish to try something like:

sysuse auto
graph bar (mean) mpg, over(rep78)
graph bar (mean) mpg, over(rep78, gap(10))
graph bar (mean) mpg, over(rep78, gap(200))

Hopefully that helps.

[Gerrit Frye]

Unfortenutaley, it was not the Point, so I tried to upload the Chart, which I want to edit. In this Chart, the spaces between the Country names on the x axis shall widen, because they a bad to read. As I see, the command (gap(1)) only widens the space between the bars.

Thanks for helping

[Marcos Almeida]

Please do read the FAQ. There, you may find how to share graphics as well. This is surely the best way to entice helpful replies.

[Gerrit Frye]

I have uploaded the graph as .png-file as its recommended in the FAQ. The Code was

graph bar (asis) max_Erdbeben max_Überflutungen max_Flächenbrände max_Unwetter, over(Country) over(medium) nofill

So in this Chart, the spaces between the Country names on the x axis shall widen, because they are bad to read. As I see, the command

..., gap(10)

only widens the space between the bars.

[Friedrich Huebler]

So in this Chart, the spaces between the Country names on the x axis shall widen, because they are bad to read.

You want more space between the labels but where should this space come from? Your options include (a) using a smaller font or (b) increasing the width of the graph. For more concrete advice please provide a reproducible example, as recommended by Marcos.

[Nick Cox]

I'd rotate to horizontal. Readability is already perilously low.

This question https://www.statalist.org/forums/for...bles-on-x-axis has several similarities.

Alphabetical ordering of countries is good for dictionaries and gazetteers, but is it needed or helpful here?