%FRAME

%FRAME

Draws a border around the portion of the display area defined by the reference system. Optionally fills the area.

Variables affected: COLOR, FUNCTION, LINE, SIZE, STYLE

Syntax
Details

Syntax

%FRAME (color, line, size, style);

Parameter Description

color literal; the color of the line. Color can be any SAS/GRAPH color name and must not be enclosed in quotation marks. Use an asterisk (*) to indicate the previously defined value for color.

line numeric constant or numeric variable name; the type of line to draw. Values for line are integers from 1 to 46. See Specifying Line Types for representations of line types.

size numeric constant or numeric variable name; the width of the line.

style literal; the pattern that fills the area bounded by the frame. Values for style are the following bar or block patterns:

SOLID
S a solid fill.

EMPTY
E an empty fill.

style<density> a shaded pattern:
style can be R | X | L
density can be 1...5.

See also the discussion of fill patterns for bars and blocks in VALUE=.

Details

See %SYSTEM for information on setting the reference system.

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