ChartDirector 7.1 (C++ Edition)
Floating Box Chart
Source Code Listing
#include "chartdir.h"
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
// 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};
const int Q0Data_size = (int)(sizeof(Q0Data)/sizeof(*Q0Data));
double Q1Data[] = {55, 60, 50, 40, 38, 60, 51, 60};
const int Q1Data_size = (int)(sizeof(Q1Data)/sizeof(*Q1Data));
double Q2Data[] = {62, 70, 60, 50, 48, 70, 62, 70};
const int Q2Data_size = (int)(sizeof(Q2Data)/sizeof(*Q2Data));
double Q3Data[] = {70, 80, 65, 60, 53, 78, 69, 76};
const int Q3Data_size = (int)(sizeof(Q3Data)/sizeof(*Q3Data));
double Q4Data[] = {80, 90, 75, 70, 60, 85, 80, 84};
const int Q4Data_size = (int)(sizeof(Q4Data)/sizeof(*Q4Data));
// The labels for the chart
const char* labels[] = {"Group A", "Group B", "Group C", "Group D", "Group E", "Group F",
"Group G", "Group H"};
const int labels_size = (int)(sizeof(labels)/sizeof(*labels));
// Create a XYChart object of size 550 x 250 pixels
XYChart* c = new XYChart(550, 275);
// 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, 50, 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(StringArray(labels, labels_size))->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->addBoxLayer(DoubleArray(Q4Data, Q4Data_size), DoubleArray(Q3Data, Q3Data_size), 0x00ff00,
"Top 25%");
c->addBoxLayer(DoubleArray(Q3Data, Q3Data_size), DoubleArray(Q2Data, Q2Data_size), 0x9999ff,
"25% - 50%");
c->addBoxLayer(DoubleArray(Q2Data, Q2Data_size), DoubleArray(Q1Data, Q1Data_size), 0xffff00,
"50% - 75%");
c->addBoxLayer(DoubleArray(Q1Data, Q1Data_size), DoubleArray(Q0Data, Q0Data_size), 0xff0000,
"Bottom 25%");
// Add legend box at top center above the plot area using 10pt Arial Bold Font
LegendBox* b = c->addLegend(50 + 225, 22, false, "Arial Bold", 10);
b->setAlignment(Chart::TopCenter);
b->setBackground(Chart::Transparent);
// Output the chart
c->makeChart("floatingbox.png");
//free up resources
delete c;
return 0;
}