enforcing zero in graph scales.

[peter peter]

In a plot , Stata decides the decimal formats in the numbers along the axes, for example .25, .50, .75

for stylistic reasons though I like a leading zero ... so 0.25, 0.50, 0.75

once you have a plot you can do that manually thru the "axis properties" then "edit or add.."

but it's tedious. is there a line of code that can enforce a leading zero in a positive or negative fraction value? Thanks all.

[Nick Cox]

You can always specify a display format for axis labels and you can always specify exact text that you want to see. See

help axis label options

Sometimes I want both:

. sysuse auto, clear
(1978 automobile data)

. graph bar foreign, over(rep78)

. graph bar foreign, over(rep78) yla(0 "0" 1 "1" 0.5 "0.5" 0.25 0.75, format("%3.2f"))

[peter peter]

perfect. thanks.