Dear All,

consider the following code and the corresponding output:

Code:
clear all
sysuse auto
graph hbar price, over(foreign) name(default) title("Default")
graph hbar price, over(foreign) name(better) title("Better") intensity(*.2)
graph hbar price, over(foreign) name(wanted) title("Wanted") bar(1, fcolor(maroon)) bar(2, fcolor(maroon)) 
graph combine default better wanted, rows(1) xsize(16) ysize(9)
I am puzzled why I can't write something like bar(*, fcolor(maroon)) or bar(_all, fcolor(maroon)). Is there a shortcut for not addressing each bar individually? (in my case the number of bars will vary, and I would like to avoid a loop, though this is clearly possible).

I have consulted Mitchell's excellent book on Stata Graphics, but it only concluded that "Although we can use the bar() option to control the look of each bar, selecting a different scheme allows us to control the look of all the bars." I clearly don't want to change the scheme at all.

Thank you, Sergiy Radyakin

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