ChartDirector 7.0 (Perl Edition)

Multi-Shape Bar Chart




This example demonstrates a multi-bar chart in which each data set has a different bar shape.

The bar shapes are specified using BarLayer.setBarShape. See Shape Specification on how built-in and custom shapes are defined in ChartDirector.

Source Code Listing

perldemo\multishapebar.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl # The ChartDirector for Perl module is assumed to be in "../lib" use File::Basename; use lib (dirname($0)."/../lib") =~ /(.*)/; use perlchartdir; # The data for the bar chart my $data0 = [100, 125, 245, 147]; my $data1 = [85, 156, 179, 211]; my $data2 = [97, 87, 56, 267]; my $labels = ["1st Quarter", "2nd Quarter", "3rd Quarter", "4th Quarter"]; # Create a XYChart object of size 600 x 350 pixels my $c = new XYChart(600, 350); # Add a title to the chart using 14pt Arial Bold Italic font $c->addTitle("Annual Product Revenue", "Arial Bold Italic", 14); # Set the plot area at (50, 60) and of size 500 x 240. Use two alternative background colors (f8f8f8 # and ffffff) $c->setPlotArea(50, 60, 500, 240, 0xf8f8f8, 0xffffff); # Add a legend box at (55, 22) using horizontal layout, with transparent background $c->addLegend(55, 22, 0)->setBackground($perlchartdir::Transparent); # Set the x axis labels $c->xAxis()->setLabels($labels); # Draw the ticks between label positions (instead of at label positions) $c->xAxis()->setTickOffset(0.5); # Add a multi-bar layer with 3 data sets and 9 pixels 3D depth my $layer = $c->addBarLayer2($perlchartdir::Side, 9); $layer->addDataSet($data0, -1, "Product A"); $layer->addDataSet($data1, -1, "Product B"); $layer->addDataSet($data2, -1, "Product C"); # Set data set 1 to use a bar shape of a 6-pointed star $layer->setBarShape(perlchartdir::StarShape(6), 0); # Set data set 2 to use a bar shapre of a 6-sided polygon $layer->setBarShape(perlchartdir::PolygonShape(6), 1); # Set data set 3 to use an X bar shape $layer->setBarShape(perlchartdir::Cross2Shape(), 2); # Add a title to the y-axis $c->yAxis()->setTitle("Revenue (USD in millions)"); # Add a title to the x axis $c->xAxis()->setTitle("Year 2005"); # Output the chart $c->makeChart("multishapebar.png");