Date:         Thu, 3 Nov 2005 11:42:57 -0800
Reply-To:     jim_stehle@YAHOO.COM
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From:         jim_stehle@YAHOO.COM
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Subject:      Re: Using a different symbol for each plot instead of a different
              color
Comments: To: sas-l@uga.edu
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I don't know of a way to change the automatic assignment but each plot
line can be explicitly set.  Try placing something like the following
lines before the plot statement.

symbol1 c=black v=diamond;
symbol2 c=black v=star;
symbol3 c=black v=square;
symbol4 c=black v=x;
symbol5 c=black v=triangle;
symbol6 c=black v=hash;
symbol7 c=black v=dot;
symbol8 c=black v=circle;
symbol9 c=black v=(;
symbol10 c=black v=/;


Anonymous user wrote:
> Hello,
>
> when you plot (proc gplot) something with "y * x = group", a different
> color is used for each group. How can you tell SAS to change the
> shape/symbol instead?
>
> Here is an example:
>
> data d;
>       do g = 1 to 10;
>               do i = 1 to 100;
>                       x = (ranuni(56895420) - 0.5) * 4;
>                       y = exp(-(x ** 2) / g);
>                       output;
>               end;
>       end;
>
>       drop i;
> run;
>
> goption reset=all;
>
> /* 2D overlay of all the plots */
> proc gplot data = d;
>         /* how to use one shape by group instead of one color by group?
> */
>       plot y * x = g;
> run;