Introduction to Adjusting Axes and Locations of Ticks

In Chapter 3, Creating Dynamically Linked Graphs, you created standard statistical graphs. In this chapter, you learn how to adjust the range and location of tick marks on axes. You also learn how to change the label for an axis. You cannot adjust the tick locations for nominal variables (for example, the horizontal axis on a bar chart), but you can change the axis label.

The program statements in this chapter are distributed with SAS/IML Studio. To open the program that contains the statements:

1. Select File Open File from the main menu.

2. Click Go to Installation directory near the bottom of the dialog box.

3. Navigate to the Programs\Doc\STATGuide folder.

4. Select the Axes.sx file.

5. Click Open.