ChartDirector 7.1 (C++ Edition)

Polar Area Chart




This examples demonstrates a polar area chart.

The polar area layer is created using PolarChart.addAreaLayer. In this example, 3 area layers are used. The area data are already stacked before passing to ChartDirector.

Source Code Listing

The following is the command line version of the code in "cppdemo/polararea". The MFC version of the code is in "mfcdemo/mfcdemo". The Qt Widgets version of the code is in "qtdemo/qtdemo". The QML/Qt Quick version of the code is in "qmldemo/qmldemo".
#include "chartdir.h" int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { // Data for the chart double data0[] = {5, 3, 10, 4, 3, 5, 2, 5}; const int data0_size = (int)(sizeof(data0)/sizeof(*data0)); double data1[] = {12, 6, 17, 6, 7, 9, 4, 7}; const int data1_size = (int)(sizeof(data1)/sizeof(*data1)); double data2[] = {17, 7, 22, 7, 18, 13, 5, 11}; const int data2_size = (int)(sizeof(data2)/sizeof(*data2)); const char* labels[] = {"North", "North<*br*>East", "East", "South<*br*>East", "South", "South<*br*>West", "West", "North<*br*>West"}; const int labels_size = (int)(sizeof(labels)/sizeof(*labels)); // Create a PolarChart object of size 460 x 500 pixels, with a grey (e0e0e0) background and 1 // pixel 3D border PolarChart* c = new PolarChart(460, 500, 0xe0e0e0, 0x000000, 1); // Add a title to the chart at the top left corner using 15pt Arial Bold Italic font. Use a wood // pattern as the title background. c->addTitle("Polar Area Chart Demo", "Arial Bold Italic", 15)->setBackground(c->patternColor( "wood.png")); // Set center of plot area at (230, 280) with radius 180 pixels, and white (ffffff) background. c->setPlotArea(230, 280, 180, 0xffffff); // Set the grid style to circular grid c->setGridStyle(false); // Add a legend box at top-center of plot area (230, 35) using horizontal layout. Use 10pt Arial // Bold font, with 1 pixel 3D border effect. LegendBox* b = c->addLegend(230, 35, false, "Arial Bold", 9); b->setAlignment(Chart::TopCenter); b->setBackground(Chart::Transparent, Chart::Transparent, 1); // Set angular axis using the given labels c->angularAxis()->setLabels(StringArray(labels, labels_size)); // Specify the label format for the radial axis c->radialAxis()->setLabelFormat("{value}%"); // Set radial axis label background to semi-transparent grey (40cccccc) c->radialAxis()->setLabelStyle()->setBackground(0x40cccccc, 0); // Add the data as area layers c->addAreaLayer(DoubleArray(data2, data2_size), -1, "5 m/s or above"); c->addAreaLayer(DoubleArray(data1, data1_size), -1, "1 - 5 m/s"); c->addAreaLayer(DoubleArray(data0, data0_size), -1, "less than 1 m/s"); // Output the chart c->makeChart("polararea.png"); //free up resources delete c; return 0; }