plotSetBoxWidth¶
Purpose¶
Sets the width of the boxes in box plots.
Format¶
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plotSetBoxWidth
(&myPlot, boxWidth)¶ - Parameters:
&myPlot (struct pointer) – A
plotControl
structure pointer.boxWidth (Scalar) – Width of the boxes in plot set between 0 and 1. If set to 1, the boxes will touch each other. Default box width is 0.5.
Examples¶

// Import data
auto2 = loadd(getGAUSSHome() $+ "examples/auto2.dta");
// Declare plotControl structure
// and fill in default values for box plot
struct plotControl myPlot;
myPlot = plotGetDefaults("box");
// Set box width to 50% of available width
plotSetBoxWidth(&myPlot, 0.5);
// Draw the two boxes
plotBox(myPlot, auto2, "mpg ~ foreign");
Remarks¶
Note
This function sets an attribute in a plotControl
structure. It does not
affect an existing graph, or a new graph drawn using the default
settings that are accessible from the
menu.
See also
Functions plotBox()
, plotGetDefaults()
, plotSetBarWidth()