SAS - Putting non-numeric values on the X-AXIS of Histogram sgplot

Question

I have a dataset called marks and I want to use proc sgplot to get the names of the students on the x axis and the marks of a1 on the y axis. I typed in histogram name, but apparently SAS doesn't let the x axis be non-numeric. Does anyone know if this is possible?

Answer 1

In your case, it will actually just be a vertical bar chart type of graph, not a histogram. Histograms are plotted from many values per group.

So, the basic syntax will be:

title "a1 Marks by Student";
proc sgplot data=my_data;
  vbar Name / response=a1mark;
run;
title;