SYMBOL Function

Associated Variables

CBORDER='color' | 'CTEXT'

draws a colored border around the text. Color can be any SAS/GRAPH color name.

CBOX='color' | 'CBACK'

draws a solid, colored box behind the text. Color can be any SAS/GRAPH color name.

COLOR='color'

specifies the symbol color. Color can be any SAS/GRAPH color name. The COLOR variable behaves in the same way as the COLOR= option in the SYMBOL statement. For more information, see SYMBOL Statement.

GROUP=group-value

MIDPOINT=midpoint-value

SUBGROUP=subgroup-value

specify coordinates for HBAR and VBAR charts from the GCHART procedure. Use these variables only with the data coordinate systems 1, 2, 7, and 8.

HSYS='coordinate-system'

specifies the coordinate system for the SIZE variable. See HSYS Variable for an explanation of coordinate-system.

HTML='link-string'

specifies the text that defines the link for drill-down.

SIZE=height

specifies the height of the symbol that is being drawn, using units determined by the HSYS variable. The SIZE variable is equivalent to the HEIGHT= option in the SYMBOL statement. For more information, see SYMBOL Statement.

STYLE='font-specification' | 'NONE';

specifies the font that is used to draw the symbol that is specified by the TEXT variable. See STYLE Variable (Fonts) for a description of the various font specifications.

When the STYLE variable is used with the SYMBOL function, it behaves the same as the FONT= option in the SYMBOL statement. By default, no font is specified and the symbol that is specified by the TEXT variable is taken from the special symbol table. If you use STYLE to specify a symbol font, such as Marker, the string that is assigned by the TEXT variable is the character code for a symbol. If you use STYLE to specify a text font, such as Swiss, the string assigned by the TEXT variable is displayed as text. For more information, see SYMBOL Statement.

TEXT='special-symbol' | 'text-string';

specifies the symbol to be displayed. Special-symbol can be up to eight characters long. Values for special-symbol are those described in the VALUE= option of the SYMBOL statement. See SYMBOL Statement.

For ActiveX, the following values are supported: plus, X, star, square, diamond, triangle, dot, circle, ", #, $, %, =. If a symbol is not supported, a plus sign (+) is drawn instead.

For Java, the following values are supported: plus, X, star, square, diamond, triangle, dot (draws a circle), circle, *, +, >. If a symbol is not supported, a plus sign (+) is drawn instead.

If you also specify a text font with the STYLE variable, you can specify a text string that is displayed as the symbol. The maximum length for text-string is 200 characters.

When the TEXT variable is used with the SYMBOL function, it behaves the same as the VALUE= option in the SYMBOL statement. For more information, see SYMBOL Statement.

WHEN='B' | 'A'

specifies when to draw the symbols in relation to other procedure output. See WHEN Variable. .

X=horizontal-coordinate

Y=vertical-coordinate

Z=depth-coordinate (PROC G3D only)

XC='character-type-horizontal-coordinate'

YC='character-type-vertical-coordinate'

specify the point at which the symbol is placed. Use the Z variable only with the G3D procedure.

XSYS='coordinate-system'

specifies the coordinate system for the X or XC variable. Use the XC variable only with XSYS='2'. See XSYS Variable for an explanation of coordinate-system.

YSYS='coordinate-system'

specifies the coordinate system for the Y or YC variable. Use the YC variable only with YSYS='2'. See YSYS Variable for an explanation of coordinate-system.

ZSYS='coordinate-system'

specifies the coordinate system for the Z variable. See ZSYS Variable for an explanation of coordinate-system.