PATTERN Statement

PATTERN Statements with PROC GCHART

If your PROC GCHART statements include a SUBGROUP= or a PATTERNID= specification, you can specify a PATTERN statement for each value of the SUBGROUP= variable. The values of this variable are sorted, and the color and pattern specified in the PATTERN1 statement are assigned to the first value; the color and pattern in the PATTERN2 statements are assigned to the second value; and so on.

PATTERN Statements with PROC GCONTOUR

PATTERN Statements with PROC GMAP

• the number of midpoints given in the MIDPOINTS= option
• the number specified in the LEVELS= option
• the number of distinct values of the response variable if the DISCRETE option is specified
• determined by the number of unique formatted values, if the response variable is a character variable
• determined by the formula

1+3.3 log (N)

PATTERN Statements with PROC GPLOT

PATTERN statement specification

   PATTERNn options;

n

is a number ranging from 1 to 30. If you do not specify a number after the keyword PATTERN, PATTERN1 is assumed.

options

allow you to specify the colors and patterns used to fill the bars, pies, maps, and other designs in your output.

The options used with PATTERN statements are described below.

COLOR=color

C=color

specifies the color to use for the bar, subgroup, or unit area of a plot. If C= is omitted from a PATTERN statement, the procedure uses the pattern specified by V= (see below) with each color in the COLORS= list before it uses the next PATTERN statement.

VALUE=value

V=value

specifies the pattern to use for the bar, subgroup, or unit area of a plot. [SAS/GRAPH User's Guide: pg. 58]

In a PATTERN statement if you specify a value for V= but not for C=, the procedure uses the pattern specified for V= with each color in the COLORS= list before it uses the next PATTERN statement.

If you are using PROC GCONTOUR, PROC GMAP, or PROC GPLOT, you can specify V=S or V=E, or one of the Mxxxxx values.

     M x x x x x
         1
         2
         3
         4
         5
          X
            starting angle

Using the Mxxxxx values, you can specify several densities of filling, either single lines or crosshatched lines, and the angle of the line.

• Density of Filling
  The value of the first character after the letter M determines the density of filling; specify 1 for the lightest shading, 5 for the heaviest.

• Crosshatching
  For crosshatched lines, use an X after the shading density number. If the X is omitted, parallel lines are used. Use an N for no crosshatching when you want to specify a starting angle for the angle lines. HD.Starting angle Normally, the lines are drawn horizontally. To request a different angle, give the angle at the end of the Mxxxxx specification. If X is included in the specification, the crosshatch lines are drawn at a 90-degree angle from the first set of lines. The angle can range from 0 to 360 degrees.

REPEAT=number

R=number

specifies the number of times the PATTERN statement is to be reused. You can use the REPEAT= option in the statement to repeat the pattern before going to the next pattern.

Remember that if you omit the COLOR= option from the PATTERN statement, SAS/GRAPH repeats the pattern for each color in the current COLORS= list. If the R= option is used in a PATTERN statement from which the C= option is omitted, the statement cycles through the COLORS= list the number of times given by R=.

PATTERN statements are additive; if you specify a C= or V= option in PATTERN statement and then omit that option in a later PATTERN statement ending in the same number, the option remains in effect. To turn off options specified in a previous PATTERNn statement, either specify all options in a new PATTERNn statement, or use the keyword PATTERNn followed by a semicolon.

You can reset options in PATTERN statements to their default values by specifying a null value. A comma can be used (but is not required) to separate a null parameter from the next option.