The TIMEPLOT Procedure

Example 2: Customizing an Axis and a Plotting Symbol

Procedure features:

ID statement

PLOT statement arguments:

	using a plotting symbol
	AXIS=

Other features:

LABEL statement

PROC FORMAT

SAS system options:

FMTSEARCH=

Data set:

SALES

This example

specifies the character to use as the plotting symbol
specifies the minimum and maximum values for the horizontal axis as well as the interval represented by each print position
provides context for the points in the plot by printing in the listing the values of two variables that are not in the plot
uses a variable's label as a column header in the listing
creates and uses a permanent format.

Program

libname proclib 'SAS-data-library';

options nodate pageno=1 linesize=80 pagesize=60 
        fmtsearch=(proclib);

proc format library=proclib;
   value monthfmt 1='January'
                 2='February';
run;

proc timeplot data=sales;
   plot icebox='R' / axis=2500 to 3600 by 25;

   id month week;

   label icebox='Refrigerator';

   format month monthfmt.;
   title 'Weekly Sales of Refrigerators';
   title2 'for the';
   title3 'First Six Weeks of the Year';
run;

Output

The column headers in the listing are the variables' names (for Month and Week, which have no labels) and the variable's label (for Icebox, which has a label). The plotting symbol is R (for Refrigerator).

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