stack prefab


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EXAMPLE 1

   pl -prefab stack data=data10 x=1 y=2 y2=4 y3=6 y4=8 xlbl=Months \
    name="Group A" name2="Group B" name3="Group C" name4="Group D"

   data10 file:
	0	100	2	100	4	100	3	100	4
	1.5	92	4	94	7	87	6	86	5
	3	89	4	92	8	78	6	74	4
	..etc.



How to run these examples


DESCRIPTION

stack is a prefab for producing stacked bar graphs with one to four levels of stacking. The data must be organized such that all segments of a bar are in the same data row. Based on proc bars .


PARAMETERS

Standard prefab parameters are all supported except err. data, x and y are required. y values should be numeric and will determine the height of bars. x values determine bar locations; by default they are assumed to be categories, but thay can be continuous numeric values if xnumeric is specified.

name is a short description for the first level, for inclusion in a legend.

y2, name2, color2 may be specified for a second level.

y3, name3, color3 may be specified for a third level.

y4, name4, color4 may be specified for a fourth level.

xnumeric may be specified as yes to signify that X values are numeric and not categories.

legend controls the location of the legend. Example: "legend=1 0.5"


data display engine  
Copyright Steve Grubb


Markup created by unroff 1.0,    January 08, 2002.