Enhancing the Plot

Specifying the Axes Labels

Sometimes you might want to supply additional information about the axes. You can enhance the plot by specifying the labels for the vertical and horizontal axes.
The following program plots the log transformation of DowJonesHigh for each year and uses the LABEL statement to change the axes labels: 
proc plot data=highlow;
   plot LogDowHigh*Year;
   label LogDowHigh='Log of Highest Value'
         Year='Year Occurred';
   title 'Dow Jones Industrial Average Yearly High';
run;
The following output shows the plot:
Display 30.4 Specifying the Labels for the Axes
Specifying the Labels for the Axes
Plotting the log transformation of DowJonesHigh changes ...

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