ChartDirector 7.1 (.NET Edition)

Box-Whisker Chart (1)




This example demonstrates creating a box-whisker chart.

A standard box-whisker chart plots up to 5 data sets using box-whisker symbols. The 5 data sets are sometimes called the maximum, 3rd quartile, median, 1st quartile and minimum, although they can represent any kind of quantities.

In a box-whisker symbol, the 3rd and 1st quartile values are represented as a box. The maximum, minimum and median values are represented as horizontal marks. There is a vertical line joining the maximum and minimum.

In ChartDirector, XYChart.addBoxWhiskerLayer and XYChart.addBoxWhiskerLayer2 may be used to create single-color and multi-color box-whisker layers.

When creating a box-whisker layer, not all 5 data sets need to be present. One common usage is to provide only the 3rd and 1st quartile data (leave other arguments as empty arrays) to draw only the "box" part of the chart. This will result in a floating box chart. Another common usage is to provide only the maximum and minimum values to draw only the "whisker" part of the chart. They are useful as "error symbols". (See Line with Error Symbols for an example.) You may even provide only the median data to draw floating mark lines.

Source Code Listing

[Windows Forms - C# version] NetWinCharts\CSharpWinCharts\boxwhisker.cs
using System; using ChartDirector; namespace CSharpChartExplorer { public class boxwhisker : DemoModule { //Name of demo module public string getName() { return "Box-Whisker Chart (1)"; } //Number of charts produced in this demo module public int getNoOfCharts() { return 1; } //Main code for creating chart. //Note: the argument chartIndex is unused because this demo only has 1 chart. public void createChart(WinChartViewer viewer, int chartIndex) { // Sample data for the Box-Whisker chart. Represents the minimum, 1st quartile, medium, // 3rd quartile and maximum values of some quantities double[] Q0Data = {40, 45, 40, 30, 20, 50, 25, 44}; double[] Q1Data = {55, 60, 50, 40, 38, 60, 51, 60}; double[] Q2Data = {62, 70, 60, 50, 48, 70, 62, 70}; double[] Q3Data = {70, 80, 65, 60, 53, 78, 69, 76}; double[] Q4Data = {80, 90, 75, 70, 60, 85, 80, 84}; // The labels for the chart string[] labels = {"Group A", "Group B", "Group C", "Group D", "Group E", "Group F", "Group G", "Group H"}; // Create a XYChart object of size 550 x 250 pixels XYChart c = new XYChart(550, 250); // Set the plotarea at (50, 25) and of size 450 x 200 pixels. Enable both horizontal and // vertical grids by setting their colors to grey (0xc0c0c0) c.setPlotArea(50, 25, 450, 200).setGridColor(0xc0c0c0, 0xc0c0c0); // Add a title to the chart c.addTitle("Computer Vision Test Scores"); // Set the labels on the x axis and the font to Arial Bold c.xAxis().setLabels(labels).setFontStyle("Arial Bold"); // Set the font for the y axis labels to Arial Bold c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold"); // Add a Box Whisker layer using light blue 0x9999ff as the fill color and blue (0xcc) // as the line color. Set the line width to 2 pixels c.addBoxWhiskerLayer(Q3Data, Q1Data, Q4Data, Q0Data, Q2Data, 0x9999ff, 0x0000cc ).setLineWidth(2); // Output the chart viewer.Chart = c; //include tool tip for the chart viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("clickable", "", "title='{xLabel}: min/med/max = {min}/{med}/{max}\nInter-quartile range: " + "{bottom} to {top}'"); } } }

[Windows Forms - VB Version] NetWinCharts\VBNetWinCharts\boxwhisker.vb
Imports System Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic Imports ChartDirector Public Class boxwhisker Implements DemoModule 'Name of demo module Public Function getName() As String Implements DemoModule.getName Return "Box-Whisker Chart (1)" End Function 'Number of charts produced in this demo module Public Function getNoOfCharts() As Integer Implements DemoModule.getNoOfCharts Return 1 End Function 'Main code for creating chart. 'Note: the argument chartIndex is unused because this demo only has 1 chart. Public Sub createChart(viewer As WinChartViewer, chartIndex As Integer) _ Implements DemoModule.createChart ' Sample data for the Box-Whisker chart. Represents the minimum, 1st quartile, medium, 3rd ' quartile and maximum values of some quantities Dim Q0Data() As Double = {40, 45, 40, 30, 20, 50, 25, 44} Dim Q1Data() As Double = {55, 60, 50, 40, 38, 60, 51, 60} Dim Q2Data() As Double = {62, 70, 60, 50, 48, 70, 62, 70} Dim Q3Data() As Double = {70, 80, 65, 60, 53, 78, 69, 76} Dim Q4Data() As Double = {80, 90, 75, 70, 60, 85, 80, 84} ' The labels for the chart Dim labels() As String = {"Group A", "Group B", "Group C", "Group D", "Group E", _ "Group F", "Group G", "Group H"} ' Create a XYChart object of size 550 x 250 pixels Dim c As XYChart = New XYChart(550, 250) ' Set the plotarea at (50, 25) and of size 450 x 200 pixels. Enable both horizontal and ' vertical grids by setting their colors to grey (0xc0c0c0) c.setPlotArea(50, 25, 450, 200).setGridColor(&Hc0c0c0, &Hc0c0c0) ' Add a title to the chart c.addTitle("Computer Vision Test Scores") ' Set the labels on the x axis and the font to Arial Bold c.xAxis().setLabels(labels).setFontStyle("Arial Bold") ' Set the font for the y axis labels to Arial Bold c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold") ' Add a Box Whisker layer using light blue 0x9999ff as the fill color and blue (0xcc) as the ' line color. Set the line width to 2 pixels c.addBoxWhiskerLayer(Q3Data, Q1Data, Q4Data, Q0Data, Q2Data, &H9999ff, &H0000cc _ ).setLineWidth(2) ' Output the chart viewer.Chart = c 'include tool tip for the chart viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("clickable", "", _ "title='{xLabel}: min/med/max = {min}/{med}/{max}" & vbLf & _ "Inter-quartile range: {bottom} to {top}'") End Sub End Class

[WPF - C#] NetWPFCharts\CSharpWPFCharts\boxwhisker.cs
using System; using ChartDirector; namespace CSharpWPFCharts { public class boxwhisker : DemoModule { //Name of demo module public string getName() { return "Box-Whisker Chart (1)"; } //Number of charts produced in this demo module public int getNoOfCharts() { return 1; } //Main code for creating chart. //Note: the argument chartIndex is unused because this demo only has 1 chart. public void createChart(WPFChartViewer viewer, int chartIndex) { // Sample data for the Box-Whisker chart. Represents the minimum, 1st quartile, medium, // 3rd quartile and maximum values of some quantities double[] Q0Data = {40, 45, 40, 30, 20, 50, 25, 44}; double[] Q1Data = {55, 60, 50, 40, 38, 60, 51, 60}; double[] Q2Data = {62, 70, 60, 50, 48, 70, 62, 70}; double[] Q3Data = {70, 80, 65, 60, 53, 78, 69, 76}; double[] Q4Data = {80, 90, 75, 70, 60, 85, 80, 84}; // The labels for the chart string[] labels = {"Group A", "Group B", "Group C", "Group D", "Group E", "Group F", "Group G", "Group H"}; // Create a XYChart object of size 550 x 250 pixels XYChart c = new XYChart(550, 250); // Set the plotarea at (50, 25) and of size 450 x 200 pixels. Enable both horizontal and // vertical grids by setting their colors to grey (0xc0c0c0) c.setPlotArea(50, 25, 450, 200).setGridColor(0xc0c0c0, 0xc0c0c0); // Add a title to the chart c.addTitle("Computer Vision Test Scores"); // Set the labels on the x axis and the font to Arial Bold c.xAxis().setLabels(labels).setFontStyle("Arial Bold"); // Set the font for the y axis labels to Arial Bold c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold"); // Add a Box Whisker layer using light blue 0x9999ff as the fill color and blue (0xcc) // as the line color. Set the line width to 2 pixels c.addBoxWhiskerLayer(Q3Data, Q1Data, Q4Data, Q0Data, Q2Data, 0x9999ff, 0x0000cc ).setLineWidth(2); // Output the chart viewer.Chart = c; //include tool tip for the chart viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("clickable", "", "title='{xLabel}: min/med/max = {min}/{med}/{max}\nInter-quartile range: " + "{bottom} to {top}'"); } } }

[ASP.NET Web Forms - C# version] NetWebCharts\CSharpASP\boxwhisker.aspx
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<%@ Page Language="C#" Debug="true" %> <%@ Import Namespace="ChartDirector" %> <%@ Register TagPrefix="chart" Namespace="ChartDirector" Assembly="netchartdir" %> <!DOCTYPE html> <script runat="server"> // // Page Load event handler // protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { // Sample data for the Box-Whisker chart. Represents the minimum, 1st quartile, medium, 3rd // quartile and maximum values of some quantities double[] Q0Data = {40, 45, 40, 30, 20, 50, 25, 44}; double[] Q1Data = {55, 60, 50, 40, 38, 60, 51, 60}; double[] Q2Data = {62, 70, 60, 50, 48, 70, 62, 70}; double[] Q3Data = {70, 80, 65, 60, 53, 78, 69, 76}; double[] Q4Data = {80, 90, 75, 70, 60, 85, 80, 84}; // The labels for the chart string[] labels = {"Group A", "Group B", "Group C", "Group D", "Group E", "Group F", "Group G", "Group H"}; // Create a XYChart object of size 550 x 250 pixels XYChart c = new XYChart(550, 250); // Set the plotarea at (50, 25) and of size 450 x 200 pixels. Enable both horizontal and // vertical grids by setting their colors to grey (0xc0c0c0) c.setPlotArea(50, 25, 450, 200).setGridColor(0xc0c0c0, 0xc0c0c0); // Add a title to the chart c.addTitle("Computer Vision Test Scores"); // Set the labels on the x axis and the font to Arial Bold c.xAxis().setLabels(labels).setFontStyle("Arial Bold"); // Set the font for the y axis labels to Arial Bold c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold"); // Add a Box Whisker layer using light blue 0x9999ff as the fill color and blue (0xcc) as the // line color. Set the line width to 2 pixels c.addBoxWhiskerLayer(Q3Data, Q1Data, Q4Data, Q0Data, Q2Data, 0x9999ff, 0x0000cc).setLineWidth(2) ; // Output the chart WebChartViewer1.Image = c.makeWebImage(Chart.SVG); // Include tool tip for the chart WebChartViewer1.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='{xLabel}: min/med/max = {min}/{med}/{max}\nInter-quartile range: {bottom} to {top}'" ); } </script> <html> <head> <script type="text/javascript" src="cdjcv.js"></script> </head> <body> <chart:WebChartViewer id="WebChartViewer1" runat="server" /> </body> </html>

[ASP.NET Web Forms - VB Version] NetWebCharts\VBNetASP\boxwhisker.aspx
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<%@ Page Language="VB" Debug="true" %> <%@ Import Namespace="ChartDirector" %> <%@ Register TagPrefix="chart" Namespace="ChartDirector" Assembly="netchartdir" %> <!DOCTYPE html> <script runat="server"> ' ' Page Load event handler ' Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) ' Sample data for the Box-Whisker chart. Represents the minimum, 1st quartile, medium, 3rd ' quartile and maximum values of some quantities Dim Q0Data() As Double = {40, 45, 40, 30, 20, 50, 25, 44} Dim Q1Data() As Double = {55, 60, 50, 40, 38, 60, 51, 60} Dim Q2Data() As Double = {62, 70, 60, 50, 48, 70, 62, 70} Dim Q3Data() As Double = {70, 80, 65, 60, 53, 78, 69, 76} Dim Q4Data() As Double = {80, 90, 75, 70, 60, 85, 80, 84} ' The labels for the chart Dim labels() As String = {"Group A", "Group B", "Group C", "Group D", "Group E", "Group F", _ "Group G", "Group H"} ' Create a XYChart object of size 550 x 250 pixels Dim c As XYChart = New XYChart(550, 250) ' Set the plotarea at (50, 25) and of size 450 x 200 pixels. Enable both horizontal and vertical ' grids by setting their colors to grey (0xc0c0c0) c.setPlotArea(50, 25, 450, 200).setGridColor(&Hc0c0c0, &Hc0c0c0) ' Add a title to the chart c.addTitle("Computer Vision Test Scores") ' Set the labels on the x axis and the font to Arial Bold c.xAxis().setLabels(labels).setFontStyle("Arial Bold") ' Set the font for the y axis labels to Arial Bold c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold") ' Add a Box Whisker layer using light blue 0x9999ff as the fill color and blue (0xcc) as the ' line color. Set the line width to 2 pixels c.addBoxWhiskerLayer(Q3Data, Q1Data, Q4Data, Q0Data, Q2Data, &H9999ff, &H0000cc).setLineWidth(2) ' Output the chart WebChartViewer1.Image = c.makeWebImage(Chart.SVG) ' Include tool tip for the chart WebChartViewer1.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("", "", _ "title='{xLabel}: min/med/max = {min}/{med}/{max}" & vbLf & _ "Inter-quartile range: {bottom} to {top}'") End Sub </script> <html> <head> <script type="text/javascript" src="cdjcv.js"></script> </head> <body> <chart:WebChartViewer id="WebChartViewer1" runat="server" /> </body> </html>

[ASP.NET MVC - Controller] NetMvcCharts\Controllers\BoxwhiskerController.cs
using System; using System.Web.Mvc; using ChartDirector; namespace NetMvcCharts.Controllers { public class BoxwhiskerController : Controller { // // Default Action // public ActionResult Index() { ViewBag.Title = "Box-Whisker Chart (1)"; createChart(ViewBag.Viewer = new RazorChartViewer(HttpContext, "chart1")); return View("~/Views/Shared/ChartView.cshtml"); } // // Create chart // private void createChart(RazorChartViewer viewer) { // Sample data for the Box-Whisker chart. Represents the minimum, 1st quartile, medium, 3rd // quartile and maximum values of some quantities double[] Q0Data = {40, 45, 40, 30, 20, 50, 25, 44}; double[] Q1Data = {55, 60, 50, 40, 38, 60, 51, 60}; double[] Q2Data = {62, 70, 60, 50, 48, 70, 62, 70}; double[] Q3Data = {70, 80, 65, 60, 53, 78, 69, 76}; double[] Q4Data = {80, 90, 75, 70, 60, 85, 80, 84}; // The labels for the chart string[] labels = {"Group A", "Group B", "Group C", "Group D", "Group E", "Group F", "Group G", "Group H"}; // Create a XYChart object of size 550 x 250 pixels XYChart c = new XYChart(550, 250); // Set the plotarea at (50, 25) and of size 450 x 200 pixels. Enable both horizontal and // vertical grids by setting their colors to grey (0xc0c0c0) c.setPlotArea(50, 25, 450, 200).setGridColor(0xc0c0c0, 0xc0c0c0); // Add a title to the chart c.addTitle("Computer Vision Test Scores"); // Set the labels on the x axis and the font to Arial Bold c.xAxis().setLabels(labels).setFontStyle("Arial Bold"); // Set the font for the y axis labels to Arial Bold c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial Bold"); // Add a Box Whisker layer using light blue 0x9999ff as the fill color and blue (0xcc) as the // line color. Set the line width to 2 pixels c.addBoxWhiskerLayer(Q3Data, Q1Data, Q4Data, Q0Data, Q2Data, 0x9999ff, 0x0000cc ).setLineWidth(2); // Output the chart viewer.Image = c.makeWebImage(Chart.SVG); // Include tool tip for the chart viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='{xLabel}: min/med/max = {min}/{med}/{max}\nInter-quartile range: {bottom} to " + "{top}'"); } } }

[ASP.NET MVC - View] NetMvcCharts\Views\Shared\ChartView.cshtml
@{ Layout = null; } <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" /> <title>@ViewBag.Title</title> <style> @ViewBag.Style </style> @Scripts.Render("~/Scripts/cdjcv.js") </head> <body style="margin:5px 0px 0px 5px"> <div style="font:bold 18pt verdana;"> @ViewBag.Title </div> <hr style="border:solid 1px #000080; background:#000080" /> <div> @{ if (ViewBag.Viewer is Array) { // Display multiple charts for (int i = 0; i < ViewBag.Viewer.Length; ++i) { @:@Html.Raw(ViewBag.Viewer[i].RenderHTML()) } } else { // Display one chart only @:@Html.Raw(ViewBag.Viewer.RenderHTML()) } } </div> </body> </html>