ChartDirector Ver 3.0 (Python Edition)

Simple Bar Chart




This example demonstrates the following basic steps in creating a bar chart:

Source Code Listing

[File: pythondemo/simplebar.py] (The CGI version is available as "pythondemo_cgi/simplebar.py".)
#!/usr/bin/python from pychartdir import * #The data for the bar chart data = [85, 156, 179.5, 211, 123] #The labels for the bar chart labels = ["Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri"] #Create a XYChart object of size 250 x 250 pixels c = XYChart(250, 250) #Set the plotarea at (30, 20) and of size 200 x 200 pixels c.setPlotArea(30, 20, 200, 200) #Add a bar chart layer using the given data c.addBarLayer(data) #Set the x axis labels using the given labels c.xAxis().setLabels(labels) #output the chart c.makeChart("simplebar.png")