Using svector elements in graph command

[jgutman]

I am trying to use the elements of svectors as arguments in a graph command
For example:

date_start and date_end are svectors, with elements like 30/11/1982 and 19/08/1986

however,
g1.draw(shade, bottom) date_start(1) date_end(1)
does nothing - the graph is unchanged
and, there is no error message
presumably eviews does not recognise these svector elements as the same type as would be usable as an argument to a graph?
thanks in advance for your help

[EViews Gareth]

Probably something like:

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%start = date_start(1) %end = date_end(1) g1.draw(shade, bottom) {%start} {%end}

[jgutman]

I tried similar, but I am told "% start is not a valid string or scalar name"

[EViews Gareth]

Did you use {}

[jgutman]

%start = date_start(2)
%end = date_end(2)
g2.draw(shade, bottom) {%start} {%end}

is what I used

[EViews Gareth]

Works for me:

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create m 1990 2000 series y=nrnd freeze(g2) y.line svector(2) date_start svector(2) date_end date_start = "1994m2" date_end = "1994m12" %start = date_start(2) %end = date_end(2) g2.draw(shade, bottom) {%start} {%end}

[jgutman]

embarrassingly, I had forgotten to freeze my graph
thanks for your help