ChartDirector 7.0 (Perl Edition)

Scatter Chart




This example demonstrates a scatter chart created using XYChart.addScatterLayer.

Source Code Listing

perldemo\scatter.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 XY points for the scatter chart my $dataX0 = [10, 15, 6, 12, 14, 8, 13, 13, 16, 12, 10.5]; my $dataY0 = [130, 150, 80, 110, 110, 105, 130, 115, 170, 125, 125]; my $dataX1 = [6, 12, 4, 3.5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 11, 8]; my $dataY1 = [65, 80, 40, 45, 70, 80, 80, 90, 100, 105, 60]; # Create a XYChart object of size 450 x 420 pixels my $c = new XYChart(450, 420); # Set the plotarea at (55, 65) and of size 350 x 300 pixels, with a light grey border (0xc0c0c0). # Turn on both horizontal and vertical grid lines with light grey color (0xc0c0c0) $c->setPlotArea(55, 65, 350, 300, -1, -1, 0xc0c0c0, 0xc0c0c0, -1); # Add a legend box at (50, 30) (top of the chart) with horizontal layout. Use 12pt Times Bold Italic # font. Set the background and border color to Transparent. $c->addLegend(50, 30, 0, "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 12)->setBackground( $perlchartdir::Transparent); # Add a title to the chart using 18pt Times Bold Itatic font. $c->addTitle("Genetically Modified Predator", "Times New Roman Bold Italic", 18); # Add a title to the y axis using 12pt Arial Bold Italic font $c->yAxis()->setTitle("Length (cm)", "Arial Bold Italic", 12); # Add a title to the x axis using 12pt Arial Bold Italic font $c->xAxis()->setTitle("Weight (kg)", "Arial Bold Italic", 12); # Set the axes line width to 3 pixels $c->xAxis()->setWidth(3); $c->yAxis()->setWidth(3); # Add an orange (0xff9933) scatter chart layer, using 13 pixel diamonds as symbols $c->addScatterLayer($dataX0, $dataY0, "Genetically Engineered", $perlchartdir::DiamondSymbol, 13, 0xff9933); # Add a green (0x33ff33) scatter chart layer, using 11 pixel triangles as symbols $c->addScatterLayer($dataX1, $dataY1, "Natural", $perlchartdir::TriangleSymbol, 11, 0x33ff33); # Output the chart $c->makeChart("scatter.png");