Date:         Thu, 20 Nov 2003 17:33:17 -0500
Reply-To:     Mark Davenport <madavenp@OFFICE.UNCG.EDU>
Sender:       "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Mark Davenport <madavenp@OFFICE.UNCG.EDU>
Subject:      Re: pie chart colors and size
Comments: To: mperry@pitt.k12.nc.us
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Sounds to me like you need to create a ChartLook and a macro to create
your charts with the new ChartLook referenced in the syntax. Not real
difficult, if I understand your needs.

Below is an example that creates a bar chart with identical colors and
the chart size set using syntax (all of these options can be found in
the SPSS Syntax Guide. The macro causes this on chart program to be run
10 times using a different variable each time. It can be easily adapted
to a pie chart.  However, without knowing more about your data, it would
be hard for me to adapt this sytax to your needs.

Mark

SET MPRINT=no.

DEFINE !chart (var1=!TOKENS(1))
IGRAPH /VIEWNAME='Bar Chart for Item 1'
  /X1 = VAR(!var1) TYPE = CATEGORICAL
  /Y = $count
  /COORDINATE = VERTICAL
  /X1LENGTH=2.0 /YLENGTH=2.0 /X2LENGTH=2.0
  /CHARTLOOK='C:\SPSS11_5\Looks\Greyscale.clo'
  /CATORDER VAR(!var1) (ASCENDING VALUES OMITEMPTY)
  /BAR KEY=OFF LABEL OUTSIDE VAL  SHAPE = RECTANGLE BASELINE = AUTO.
EXECUTE.

!ENDDEFINE.

SET MPRINT=yes.

!chart var1=item1.
!chart var1=item2.
!chart var1=item3.
!chart var1=item4.
!chart var1=item5.
!chart var1=item6.
!chart var1=item7.
!chart var1=item8.
!chart var1=item9.
!chart var1=item10.


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