TEXT Variable

Specifies the text or symbol to be placed on the graphics output.

Type:	character
Length:	up to 200
Default:	blank string

Syntax

Details

Defining the TEXT Variable

Functions

Syntax

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

Variable Values

text-string: specifies the text that is used as a label (LABEL or COMMENT function) or symbol (SYMBOL function). The maximum length for text-string is 200 characters.

special-symbol: specifies the name of a symbol from the special symbol table that is illustrated in Special Symbols for Plotting Data Points. The maximum length for special-symbol is eight characters.

Details

Defining the TEXT Variable

Define the TEXT variable with sufficient length to contain all of the characters in your text string. If you need longer strings, use separate observations and POSITION='0' to continue the text.

Use a LENGTH statement to set the length of the TEXT variable if the length of a text string is longer than one character.

Functions

You can use the TEXT variable with these functions:

COMMENT

LABEL

SYMBOL