Date:         Thu, 10 May 2001 08:25:51 -0700
Reply-To:     "Huang, Ya" <ya.huang@AGOURON.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         "Huang, Ya" <ya.huang@AGOURON.COM>
Subject:      Re: star graphs with connected spines
Comments: To: "Michael F." <maikeru_f@MAILANDNEWS.COM>
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Michael,

You are right, I overlooked the subtle difference
between "slice" and "spine". I guess you are using
V8 just like me in my first try, I then tried it using
V6 and got exactly the same  result as in the manual,
i.e.. a "spine" chart. I don't know why SAS changed
the default behavior from v6 to v8.

I also found an interesting sample from SAS OnlineDoc,
which says that you can use "noconnect" option to create
a "spine" chart:

"The second chart uses the NOCONNECT option so that the
chart uses spines instead of slices. "

I bet you'll feel it very disappointing, because it
lost the "connection" lines.

I hope you can get some useful feedback from SAS, and
please post it here once you get it.

Sorry I can't help.

Regards,

Ya Huang


-----Original Message-----
From: Michael F. [mailto:maikeru_f@MAILANDNEWS.COM]
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 5:28 AM
To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: star graphs with connected spines


Huang, Ya wrote:

>Just add a new option in the first gchart:

Thanks for your reply, but if you look closely you'll see that the figures
produced by the program below and the one in the manual have different
shapes (at least on my monitor!).

In the figure in the manual, the spines represent the data points for each
month and are connected by a *single* line.  The effect is that the "star"
is divided into triangles.  This is referred to as a "star chart with
spines".

The program below produces a figure in which the data points for each month
and are connected by *two* lines.  The effect here is that the star is
divided into polygons.  This is referred to as a "star chart with slices".

Adding the cfill=white option only gives each figure the same colour, but
the
shapes are still different.

I sent this question to SAS help also, but haven't received a reply.

/* generate star chart */
   proc gchart data=monthly;
      format date worddate3.;
      star date
      / freq=rejects
        discrete
        cfill=white  /*** add this option here ****/
        des='GR23N17-1';
run;

--
Michael F.

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