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EViews 7 Command and Programming Reference

EViews 7 Command and Programming Reference
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ISBN: 978-1-880411-43-8

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Disclaimer
The authors and Quantitative Micro Softwareassume no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual or the EViews program. The user assumes all responsibility for the selection of the program to achieve intended results, and for the installation, use, and results obtained from the program.

Trademarks
Windows, Excel, and Access are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. PostScript is a trademark of AdobeCorporation. X11.2 and X12-ARIMA Version 0.2.7 are seasonal adjustment programs developed by the U. S. Census Bureau. Tramo/Seats is copyright by Agustin Maravall and Victor Gomez. Info-ZIP is provided by the persons listed in the infozip_license.txt file. Please refer to this file in the EViews directory for more information on Info-ZIP. Zlib was written by Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler. Moreinformation on zlib can be found in the zlib_license.txt file in the EViews directory. All other product names mentioned in this manual may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

Quantitative Micro Software, LLC 4521 Campus Drive, #336, Irvine CA, 92612-2621 Telephone: (949) 856-3368 Fax: (949) 856-2044 e-mail: sales@eviews.com web: www.eviews.com November 29, 2009Table of Contents
PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
CHAPTER 1. OBJECT AND COMMAND BASICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Using Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Object Declaration and Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Object Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Object Data Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 13 Interactive Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Auxiliary Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

CHAPTER 2. WORKING WITH GRAPHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 21
Creating a Graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Changing Graph Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Customizing a Graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 26 Labeling Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Printing Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Exporting Graphs to Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....