propbars2

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Usage: pl -gif propbars2.htm
Source: Peace Pledge Union / NI magazine


//  specify the data using proc getdata

#proc getdata
//     USA    Brit    USSR   France   Other
data:	49 	25	10	7	9
	

//  define plotting area using proc areadef
#proc areadef
  title: Main Arms Exporters
  titledetails: align=C
  rectangle: 1 1 3 4
  xrange: 0 2
  yrange: 0 100

//  do light green segment using proc bars
#proc bars
  barwidth: 1.0
  lenfield: 1
  color: rgb(.6,.85,.8)
  outline: no
  labelword: USA @@N%
  labeldetails: adjust=0,-0.2
  stackfields: *
  #saveas: B


//  do dark green segment 
// Use stackfields to position bars beyond the first set of bars
#proc bars
  #clone B
  lenfield: 2
  labelword: Britain @@N%
  color: teal

//  do orange segment
// Use stackfields to position bars beyond the first two sets of bars
#proc bars
  #clone B
  lenfield: 3
  labelword: USSR @@N%
  color: lightorange

//  do pink segment 
// Use stackfields to position bars beyond the first three sets of bars
#proc bars
  #clone B
  lenfield: 4
  color: pink
  labelword: France @@N%
  labeldetails: adjust=0,-0.1

//  do tan segment 
// Use stackfields to position bars beyond the first three sets of bars
#proc bars
  #clone B
  lenfield: 5
  color: tan2
  labelword: Other @@N%