The sample code on the Full Code tab uses an Annotate data set to draw a text label outside of a small bar when the text is too large to fit within the bar. The bar chart is generated with the GCHART procedure.

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 /* Set the graphics environment */                                                                                                     
goptions reset=all border cback=white htitle=12pt htext=10pt;                                                                           
                                                                                                                                        
 /* Create the data set MILEAGE.  Mileage contains the number of */                                                                     
 /* miles driven by males and females in certain age categories.  */                                                                    
data mileage;                                                                                                                           
   input age $ sex $ amount;                                                                                                            
   datalines;                                                                                                                           
65-up M 7199                                                                                                                            
65-up F 800                                                                                                                             
55-64 M 12304                                                                                                                           
55-64 F 1000                                                                                                                            
45-54 M 600                                                                                                                             
45-54 F 6915                                                                                                                            
35-44 M 17916                                                                                                                           
35-44 F 7653                                                                                                                            
25-34 M 16683                                                                                                                           
25-34 F 7124                                                                                                                            
16-24 M 1000                                                                                                                            
16-24 F 6047                                                                                                                            
;                                                                                                                                       
run;                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                        
 /* Convert the data values for one group to negative values to     */                                                                  
 /* create the input data set, CONVERT.  CONVERT contains the same  */                                                                  
 /* variables as MILEAGE; however, the values of AMOUNT for the     */                                                                  
 /* female drivers are made negative to force a zero reference line */                                                                  
 /* in the bar chart.                                               */                                                                  
data convert;                                                                                                                           
   set mileage;                                                                                                                         
   if sex='F' then amount=-amount;                                                                                                      
run;                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                        
 /* Create a format for the values of AMOUNT.  The POSVAL. format */                                                                    
 /* adds a comma and suppresses the sign on the values so that    */                                                                    
 /* negative values appear as positive values.                    */                                                                    
proc format;                                                                                                                            
   picture posval low-high='000,009';                                                                                                   
run;                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                        
 /* Create the Annotate data set, ANLABELS.  ANLABELS adds the */                                                                       
 /* labels to the bars.  Because data values are used to place */                                                                       
 /* the labels, XSYS and YSYS use the absolute data coordinate */                                                                       
 /* system, 2.  A value of A for WHEN causes the labels to     */                                                                       
 /* overlay the chart.                                         */                                                                       
data anlabels(drop=age sex );                                                                                                           
   length text $ 8;                                                                                                                     
   retain function 'label' when 'a' xsys ysys '2' hsys '3' size 2.5;                                                                    
   set convert;                                                                                                                         
   midpoint=age; subgroup=sex;                                                                                                          
   text=" " || left(put(amount, posval.));                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                        
   /* POSITION changes to place label outside of bar if bar is too small. */                                                            
   if amount ge -1000 and sex='F' then position='<';                                                                                    
   else if sex='F' then position='>';                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                        
   /* POSITION changes to place label outside of bar if bar is too small. */                                                            
   if amount le 1000 and sex='M' then position='>';                                                                                     
   else if sex='M' then position='<';                                                                                                   
   output;                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                        
 run;                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                        
 /* Add a title to the graph */                                                                                                         
title1 'Average Miles Driven Annually';                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                        
 /* Modify the appearance of the axes. In the AXIS2 statement,   */                                                                     
 /* the VALUE= option suppresses the third tick mark so that the */                                                                     
 /* range for each group is zero to the maximum value.           */                                                                     
axis1 label=(justify=left 'Age') style=0;                                                                                               
axis2 label=none value=(tick=3 '') minor=none major=none                                                                                
      width=3 order=(-10000 to 20000 by 10000);                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                        
 /* Create the bar chart */                                                                                                             
proc gchart data=convert;                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                        
   /* The FORMAT statement applies the POSVAL format */                                                                                 
   /* to the values of AMOUNT. */                                                                                                       
   format amount posval.;                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                        
   /* The NOTE statement places the labels   */                                                                                         
   /* "Women" and "Men" above the population */                                                                                         
   /* tree.                                  */                                                                                         
   note font="Albany AMT/bold" move=(22pct,82pct) h=12pt 'Women'                                                                        
                               move=(50pct,82pct) 'Men';                                                                                
                                                                                                                                        
   /* In the HBAR statement, SUBGROUP=  names the variable */                                                                           
   /* that determines the groups, and ANNOTATE= includes   */                                                                           
   /* the annotation defined in the ANLABELS data set.     */                                                                           
   hbar age / sumvar=amount discrete nostat subgroup=sex                                                                                
              maxis=axis1 raxis=axis2 nolegend annotate=anlabels;                                                                       
                                                                                                                                        
run;                                                                                                                                    
quit;

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