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Javascript bar chart
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/*
Examples From
JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fourth Edition
Legal matters: these files were created by David Flanagan, and are
Copyright (c) 2001 by David Flanagan. You may use, study, modify, and
distribute them for any purpose. Please note that these examples are
provided "as-is" and come with no warranty of any kind.
David Flanagan
*/
/**
* BarChart.js:
* This file defines makeBarChart(), a function that creates a bar chart to
* display the numbers from the data[] array. The chart is a block element
* inserted at the current end of the document. The overall size of the chart
* is specified by the optional width and height arguments, which include the
* space required for the chart borders and internal padding. The optional
* barcolor argument specifies the color of the bars. The function returns the
* chart element it creates, so the caller can further manipulate it by
* setting a margin size, for example.
*
* Import this function into an HTML file with code like this:
* <script src="BarChart.js"></script>
* Use this function in an HTML file with code like this:
* <script>makeBarChart([1,4,9,16,25], 300, 150, "yellow");</script>
**/
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>JavaScript Bar chart</TITLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
function makeBarChart(data, width, height, barcolor) {
// Provide default values for the optional arguments
if (!width) width = 500;
if (!height) height = 350;
if (!barcolor) barcolor = "blue";
// The width and height arguments specify the overall size of the
// generated chart. We have to subtract the border and padding
// sizes from this to get the size of the element we create.
width -= 24; // subtract 10px padding and 2px border left and right
height -= 14; // Subtract 10px top padding and 2px top and bottom border
// Now create an element to hold the chart. Note that we make the chart
// relatively positioned so that can have absolutely positioned children,
// but it still appears in the normal element flow.
var chart = document.createElement("DIV");
chart.style.position = "relative"; // Set relative positioning
chart.style.width = width + "px"; // Set the chart width
chart.style.height = height + "px"; // Set the chart height
chart.style.border = "solid black 2px"; // Give it a border
chart.style.paddingLeft = "10px"; // Add padding on the left
chart.style.paddingRight = "10px"; // and on the right
chart.style.paddingTop = "10px"; // and on the top
chart.style.paddingBottom = "0px"; // but not on the bottom
chart.style.backgroundColor = "white"; // Make chart background white
// Compute the width of each bar
var barwidth = Math.floor(width/data.length);
// Find largest number in data[]. Note clever use of Function.apply()
var maxdata = Math.max.apply(this, data);
// The scaling factor for the chart: scale*data[i] gives height of a bar
var scale = height/maxdata;
// Now loop through the data array and create a bar for each datum
for(var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
var bar = document.createElement("div"); // Create div for bar
var barheight = data[i] * scale; // Compute height of bar
bar.style.position = "absolute"; // Set bar position and size
bar.style.left = (barwidth*i+1+10)+"px"; // Add bar border & chart pad
bar.style.top = height-barheight+10+"px";// Add chart padding
bar.style.width = (barwidth-2) + "px"; // -2 for the bar border
bar.style.height = (barheight-1) + "px"; // -1 for the bar top border
bar.style.border = "solid black 1px"; // Bar border style
bar.style.backgroundColor = barcolor; // Bar color
bar.style.fontSize = "1px"; // IE bug workaround
chart.appendChild(bar); // Add bar to chart
}
// Now add the chart we've built to the document body
document.body.appendChild(chart);
// Finally, return the chart element so the caller can manipulate it
return chart;
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<script>makeBarChart([1,4,9,16,25], 300, 150, "yellow");</SCRIPT>
</BODY>
</HTML>
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