# hbars5

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    Usage: pl -gif hbars5.htm
    Source: Understanding Global Issues No. 9 1998
    Values interpolated from graph in NI magazine May 99

    //  Specify data using proc getdata
    #proc getdata
    data:
       // region      	1985   1995
      "Middle East"		17	8
      "Eastern Europe" 	12	8
      "North Africa"	7.5	4
      "Sub Saharan Africa"	3	1.5
      "North America"	5.5	3.5
      "Western Europe"	3	2.5
      "South Asia"		3.7	2.2
      "East Asia"		2.5	1.5
      "South America"	2	1.6

    //  Define plotting area using proc areadef
    #proc areadef
      title: Military Expenditure as percent of GDP
      titledetails: adjust=-0.4,0 align=C
      rectangle: 2 1 4 3.5
      yrange: 0 10
      xrange: 0 20

    //  Set up X axis using proc axis
    #proc xaxis
      stubs: inc 5
      stubformat: %3.0f%%
      grid: color=gray(0.9)

    //  Do Y axis using proc axis
    #proc yaxis:
      stubs: datafields 1
      tics: none
      axisline: none

    //  Do orange bars using proc bars
    #proc bars
      horizontalbars: yes
      color: redorange
      lenfield: 2
      cluster: 1 / 2
      barwidth: 0.08
      legendlabel: 1985

    //  Do blue bars using proc bars
    #proc bars
      horizontalbars: yes
      color: powderblue
      lenfield: 3
      cluster: 2 / 2
      barwidth: 0.08
      legendlabel: 1995

    //  Do legend using proc legend
    #proc legend
      location: max-0.6 min+0.5