option lc() not allowed \ option lcolor() not allowed

[Pierre Antoine]

Dear all,

Even though I found similar posts online, I still could not manage to fix this. The code is as follow:

twoway (line Household yearq  ) (line NFC yearq ) (line Bank yearq ) (line FinIntSpecialised yearq  ), lc(black gray4 gray8 gray12) lpattern(Dash_dot_dot Solid Dot Dash)  graphregion(color(white)) bgcolor(white) graphregion(color(white)) title("Bank issued bond allocation") ytitle("percentage") xtitle("quarter")  xline(210 217, lp(dash)) xlabel(204(1)233 210 "proposal" 217 "first approval", angle(vertical))

and the error message is option lc() not allowed r(198);

It does not work with lcolor() either

Any hint would be appreciated,
Thanks a lot,
Pierre

[Nick Cox]

I think you're being bitten by your use of parentheses, which place the options beyond the commands they should apply to. The () notation is not needed any way. Try

twoway line Household NFC Bank FinIntSpecialised yearq, lc(black gray4 gray8 gray12) lpattern(Dash_dot_dot Solid Dot Dash)  ///
graphregion(color(white)) bgcolor(white) title("Bank issued bond allocation") ytitle("percentage") xtitle("quarter")  xline(210 217, lp(dash)) xlabel(204(1)233 210 "proposal" 217 "first approval", angle(vertical))

[Pierre Antoine]

It works, brilliant!

Thanks a lot Nick, have a great day.
Pierre