Problems with generating basic bar graphs.

[Shey Lontum]

Hello. For the past two hours I have been trying to generate a series of graphs for a project I am working on and have to make public today. Unfortunately, I cannot generate bar graphs. Even a simple command like:

Graph bar, over(country_dir)

Results in an error that says: “varlist or statlist required”.

“country_dir” is a string variable variable that takes values “Right direction and Wrong direction”. I have tried recoding it as a numeric variable but still have the same error.

I use Stata MP 13. Please I need help urgently.

[Joseph Coveney]

You'll probably want to post or attach your dataset, and post your actual code as a do-file between [code]. . .[/code] delimiters, because

set obs 20
generate str country_dir = cond(mod(_n, 2), "Right direction", "Wrong direction")
graph bar , over(country_dir)

works for me.

[Nick Cox]

This syntax was introduced on 9 October 2014. Check your Stata is to up-to-date by

update query