The PLOT Procedure

Example 1: Specifying a Plotting Symbol

Procedure features:

PLOT statement

plotting symbol in plot request

This example expands on A Simple Plot by specifying a different plotting symbol.

Program

options nodate number pageno=1 linesize=80 pagesize=35;

data djia;
      input Year @7 HighDate date7. High @24 LowDate date7. Low;
      format highdate lowdate date7.;
      datalines;
1954  31DEC54  404.39  11JAN54  279.87
1955  30DEC55  488.40  17JAN55  388.20
...more data lines... 
1993  29DEC93 3794.33  20JAN93 3241.95
1994  31JAN94 3978.36  04APR94 3593.35
;

proc plot data=djia;
   plot high*year='*';
   title 'High Values of the Dow Jones Industrial Average';
   title2 'from 1954 to 1994';
run;

Output

PROC PLOT determines the tick marks and the scale of both axes.

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PROC PLOT determines the tick marks and the scale of both axes.