Ling,

Use proc gfont to find out the symbol's corresponding hex number for a particular font. In the following sample, assume you use swissb as the annotate font, and proc gfont shows that ± has a hex number of 'F1'.

proc gfont name=swissb nobuild romhex showroman; run;

data anno; length function style color $ 8; retain xsys ysys '3' when 'a' style 'swissb' color 'black'; x=50; y=50; function='label'; text='F1'x; size=5; output; run;

proc gplot data=sashelp.class; plot weight*height / annotate=anno; run;

Kind regards,

Ya Huang

On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 15:32:39 -0400, Ling Yun Chen <lchen@RHOWORLD.COM> wrote:

>Hi All, a few people asked me how I got the ± sign in the first place. >I got it by using the byte function, byte(177) gives the ± sign. But I >don't know how to get it to print on a graph. Anybody? Thanks! > >Ling > > > >*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > >On 10/21/2004 at 3:26 PM Lustig, Roger wrote: > >>Ling: >>How did you do it? >>Seems to me that the MATH font should work--letter 'G' corresponds to the >>symbol you want. >> >>Roger >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf Of Ling >>Yun Chen >>Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 2:55 PM >>To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU >>Subject: print ± sign on graph >> >> >>Hi SAS-Lers, here's a simple question (or not) for you. I need to print >>the sign '±' on my SAS graph. I was able to get the annotate data set >to >>have this sign but SAS graph won't print it. Is there a trick in printing >>these special characters in SAS graph? Thanks! >> >>Ling >> >>Tel: (617)965-8000 x26 >>Fax: (617)965-8014 > > >Tel: (617)965-8000 x26 >Fax: (617)965-8014