ChartDirector 7.1 (.NET Edition)

Histogram with Bell Curve




The example demonstrates creating a histogram with a bell curve.

A histogram is chart plotting the distribution of numerical data. Typically, this is by plotting count of objects that fall within certain data ranges. The most common data representation is bars, as a bar can represent the count with its height, and the data range with its position and its width.

One of the most common types of distribution is the normal distribution. So it is common to add a normal distribution curve (also known as the bell curve) on the chart.

In this example, the histogram is achieved by using a bar layer (BarLayer), and the normal distribution curve by using a spline layer (SplineLayer). About half of the code in this example is in computing the data to be passed to the bar layer and spline layer, and the other half creating the chart. The ArrayMath utility class is used to obtain the max, min, mean and standard deviation, thereby simplifying the computation code.

Source Code Listing

[Windows Forms - C# version] NetWinCharts\CSharpWinCharts\histogram.cs
using System; using ChartDirector; namespace CSharpChartExplorer { public class histogram : DemoModule { //Name of demo module public string getName() { return "Histogram with Bell Curve"; } //Number of charts produced in this demo module public int getNoOfCharts() { return 1; } //Main code for creating chart. //Note: the argument chartIndex is unused because this demo only has 1 chart. public void createChart(WinChartViewer viewer, int chartIndex) { // // This example demonstrates creating a histogram with a bell curve from raw data. About // half of the code is to sort the raw data into slots and to generate the points on the // bell curve. The remaining half of the code is the actual charting code. // // Generate a random guassian distributed data series as the input data for this // example. RanSeries r = new RanSeries(66); double[] samples = r.getGaussianSeries(200, 100, 10); // // Classify the numbers into slots. In this example, the slot width is 5 units. // double slotSize = 5; // Compute the min and max values, and extend them to the slot boundary. ArrayMath m = new ArrayMath(samples); double minX = (int)(m.min() / slotSize) * slotSize; double maxX = (int)(m.max() / slotSize) * slotSize + slotSize; // We can now determine the number of slots int slotCount = (int)((maxX - minX) / slotSize + 0.5); double[] frequency = new double[slotCount]; // Count the data points contained in each slot for(int i = 0; i < samples.Length; ++i) { int slotIndex = (int)((samples[i] - minX) / slotSize); frequency[slotIndex] = frequency[slotIndex] + 1; } // // Compute Normal Distribution Curve // // The mean and standard deviation of the data double mean = m.avg(); double stdDev = m.stdDev(); // The normal distribution curve (bell curve) is a standard statistics curve. We need to // vertically scale it to make it proportion to the frequency count. double scaleFactor = slotSize * samples.Length / stdDev / Math.Sqrt(2 * 3.1416); // In this example, we plot the bell curve up to 3 standard deviations. double stdDevWidth = 3.0; // We generate 4 points per standard deviation to be joined with a spline curve. int bellCurveResolution = (int)(stdDevWidth * 4 + 1); double[] bellCurve = new double[bellCurveResolution]; for(int i = 0; i < bellCurveResolution; ++i) { double z = 2 * i * stdDevWidth / (bellCurveResolution - 1) - stdDevWidth; bellCurve[i] = Math.Exp(-z * z / 2) * scaleFactor; } // // At this stage, we have obtained all data and can plot the chart. // // Create a XYChart object of size 600 x 360 pixels XYChart c = new XYChart(600, 360); // Set the plotarea at (50, 30) and of size 500 x 300 pixels, with transparent // background and border and light grey (0xcccccc) horizontal grid lines c.setPlotArea(50, 30, 500, 300, Chart.Transparent, -1, Chart.Transparent, 0xcccccc); // Display the mean and standard deviation on the chart c.addTitle("Mean = " + c.formatValue(mean, "{value|1}") + ", Standard Deviation = " + c.formatValue(stdDev, "{value|2}"), "Arial"); // Set the x and y axis label font to 12pt Arial c.xAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial", 12); c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial", 12); // Set the x and y axis stems to transparent, and the x-axis tick color to grey // (0x888888) c.xAxis().setColors(Chart.Transparent, Chart.TextColor, Chart.TextColor, 0x888888); c.yAxis().setColors(Chart.Transparent); // Draw the bell curve as a spline layer in red (0xdd0000) with 2-pixel line width SplineLayer bellLayer = c.addSplineLayer(bellCurve, 0xdd0000); bellLayer.setXData2(mean - stdDevWidth * stdDev, mean + stdDevWidth * stdDev); bellLayer.setLineWidth(2); // No tooltip is needed for the spline layer bellLayer.setHTMLImageMap("{disable}"); // Draw the histogram as bars in blue (0x6699bb) with dark blue (0x336688) border BarLayer histogramLayer = c.addBarLayer(frequency, 0x6699bb); histogramLayer.setBorderColor(0x336688); // The center of the bars span from minX + half_bar_width to maxX - half_bar_width histogramLayer.setXData2(minX + slotSize / 2.0, maxX - slotSize / 2.0); // Configure the bars to touch each other with no gap in between histogramLayer.setBarGap(Chart.TouchBar); // Use rounded corners for decoration histogramLayer.setRoundedCorners(); // Tool tip for the histogram histogramLayer.setHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='{value}'"); // ChartDirector by default will extend the x-axis scale by 0.5 unit to cater for the // bar width. It is because a bar plotted at x actually occupies (x +/- half_bar_width), // and the bar width is normally 1 for label based x-axis. However, this chart is using // a linear x-axis instead of label based. So we disable the automatic extension and add // a dummy layer to extend the x-axis scale to cover minX to maxX. c.xAxis().setIndent(false); c.addLineLayer2().setXData(minX, maxX); // For the automatic y-axis labels, set the minimum spacing to 40 pixels. c.yAxis().setTickDensity(40); // Output the chart viewer.Chart = c; // Include tool tip for the chart viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("clickable"); } } }

[Windows Forms - VB Version] NetWinCharts\VBNetWinCharts\histogram.vb
Imports System Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic Imports ChartDirector Public Class histogram Implements DemoModule 'Name of demo module Public Function getName() As String Implements DemoModule.getName Return "Histogram with Bell Curve" End Function 'Number of charts produced in this demo module Public Function getNoOfCharts() As Integer Implements DemoModule.getNoOfCharts Return 1 End Function 'Main code for creating chart. 'Note: the argument chartIndex is unused because this demo only has 1 chart. Public Sub createChart(viewer As WinChartViewer, chartIndex As Integer) _ Implements DemoModule.createChart ' ' This example demonstrates creating a histogram with a bell curve from raw data. About half ' of the code is to sort the raw data into slots and to generate the points on the bell ' curve. The remaining half of the code is the actual charting code. ' ' Generate a random guassian distributed data series as the input data for this example. Dim r As RanSeries = New RanSeries(66) Dim samples() As Double = r.getGaussianSeries(200, 100, 10) ' ' Classify the numbers into slots. In this example, the slot width is 5 units. ' Dim slotSize As Double = 5 ' Compute the min and max values, and extend them to the slot boundary. Dim m As ArrayMath = New ArrayMath(samples) Dim minX As Double = Int(m.min() / slotSize) * slotSize Dim maxX As Double = Int(m.max() / slotSize) * slotSize + slotSize ' We can now determine the number of slots Dim slotCount As Integer = Int((maxX - minX) / slotSize + 0.5) Dim frequency(slotCount - 1) As Double ' Count the data points contained in each slot For i As Integer = 0 To UBound(samples) Dim slotIndex As Integer = Int((samples(i) - minX) / slotSize) frequency(slotIndex) = frequency(slotIndex) + 1 Next ' ' Compute Normal Distribution Curve ' ' The mean and standard deviation of the data Dim mean As Double = m.avg() Dim stdDev As Double = m.stdDev() ' The normal distribution curve (bell curve) is a standard statistics curve. We need to ' vertically scale it to make it proportion to the frequency count. Dim scaleFactor As Double = slotSize * (UBound(samples) + 1) / stdDev / Math.Sqrt(2 * _ 3.1416) ' In this example, we plot the bell curve up to 3 standard deviations. Dim stdDevWidth As Double = 3.0 ' We generate 4 points per standard deviation to be joined with a spline curve. Dim bellCurveResolution As Integer = Int(stdDevWidth * 4 + 1) Dim bellCurve(bellCurveResolution - 1) As Double For i As Integer = 0 To bellCurveResolution - 1 Dim z As Double = 2 * i * stdDevWidth / (bellCurveResolution - 1) - stdDevWidth bellCurve(i) = Math.Exp(-z * z / 2) * scaleFactor Next ' ' At this stage, we have obtained all data and can plot the chart. ' ' Create a XYChart object of size 600 x 360 pixels Dim c As XYChart = New XYChart(600, 360) ' Set the plotarea at (50, 30) and of size 500 x 300 pixels, with transparent background and ' border and light grey (0xcccccc) horizontal grid lines c.setPlotArea(50, 30, 500, 300, Chart.Transparent, -1, Chart.Transparent, &Hcccccc) ' Display the mean and standard deviation on the chart c.addTitle("Mean = " & c.formatValue(mean, "{value|1}") & ", Standard Deviation = " & _ c.formatValue(stdDev, "{value|2}"), "Arial") ' Set the x and y axis label font to 12pt Arial c.xAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial", 12) c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial", 12) ' Set the x and y axis stems to transparent, and the x-axis tick color to grey (0x888888) c.xAxis().setColors(Chart.Transparent, Chart.TextColor, Chart.TextColor, &H888888) c.yAxis().setColors(Chart.Transparent) ' Draw the bell curve as a spline layer in red (0xdd0000) with 2-pixel line width Dim bellLayer As SplineLayer = c.addSplineLayer(bellCurve, &Hdd0000) bellLayer.setXData2(mean - stdDevWidth * stdDev, mean + stdDevWidth * stdDev) bellLayer.setLineWidth(2) ' No tooltip is needed for the spline layer bellLayer.setHTMLImageMap("{disable}") ' Draw the histogram as bars in blue (0x6699bb) with dark blue (0x336688) border Dim histogramLayer As BarLayer = c.addBarLayer(frequency, &H6699bb) histogramLayer.setBorderColor(&H336688) ' The center of the bars span from minX + half_bar_width to maxX - half_bar_width histogramLayer.setXData2(minX + slotSize / 2.0, maxX - slotSize / 2.0) ' Configure the bars to touch each other with no gap in between histogramLayer.setBarGap(Chart.TouchBar) ' Use rounded corners for decoration histogramLayer.setRoundedCorners() ' Tool tip for the histogram histogramLayer.setHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='{value}'") ' ChartDirector by default will extend the x-axis scale by 0.5 unit to cater for the bar ' width. It is because a bar plotted at x actually occupies (x +/- half_bar_width), and the ' bar width is normally 1 for label based x-axis. However, this chart is using a linear ' x-axis instead of label based. So we disable the automatic extension and add a dummy layer ' to extend the x-axis scale to cover minX to maxX. c.xAxis().setIndent(False) c.addLineLayer2().setXData(minX, maxX) ' For the automatic y-axis labels, set the minimum spacing to 40 pixels. c.yAxis().setTickDensity(40) ' Output the chart viewer.Chart = c ' Include tool tip for the chart viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("clickable") End Sub End Class

[WPF - C#] NetWPFCharts\CSharpWPFCharts\histogram.cs
using System; using ChartDirector; namespace CSharpWPFCharts { public class histogram : DemoModule { //Name of demo module public string getName() { return "Histogram with Bell Curve"; } //Number of charts produced in this demo module public int getNoOfCharts() { return 1; } //Main code for creating chart. //Note: the argument chartIndex is unused because this demo only has 1 chart. public void createChart(WPFChartViewer viewer, int chartIndex) { // // This example demonstrates creating a histogram with a bell curve from raw data. About // half of the code is to sort the raw data into slots and to generate the points on the // bell curve. The remaining half of the code is the actual charting code. // // Generate a random guassian distributed data series as the input data for this // example. RanSeries r = new RanSeries(66); double[] samples = r.getGaussianSeries(200, 100, 10); // // Classify the numbers into slots. In this example, the slot width is 5 units. // double slotSize = 5; // Compute the min and max values, and extend them to the slot boundary. ArrayMath m = new ArrayMath(samples); double minX = (int)(m.min() / slotSize) * slotSize; double maxX = (int)(m.max() / slotSize) * slotSize + slotSize; // We can now determine the number of slots int slotCount = (int)((maxX - minX) / slotSize + 0.5); double[] frequency = new double[slotCount]; // Count the data points contained in each slot for(int i = 0; i < samples.Length; ++i) { int slotIndex = (int)((samples[i] - minX) / slotSize); frequency[slotIndex] = frequency[slotIndex] + 1; } // // Compute Normal Distribution Curve // // The mean and standard deviation of the data double mean = m.avg(); double stdDev = m.stdDev(); // The normal distribution curve (bell curve) is a standard statistics curve. We need to // vertically scale it to make it proportion to the frequency count. double scaleFactor = slotSize * samples.Length / stdDev / Math.Sqrt(2 * 3.1416); // In this example, we plot the bell curve up to 3 standard deviations. double stdDevWidth = 3.0; // We generate 4 points per standard deviation to be joined with a spline curve. int bellCurveResolution = (int)(stdDevWidth * 4 + 1); double[] bellCurve = new double[bellCurveResolution]; for(int i = 0; i < bellCurveResolution; ++i) { double z = 2 * i * stdDevWidth / (bellCurveResolution - 1) - stdDevWidth; bellCurve[i] = Math.Exp(-z * z / 2) * scaleFactor; } // // At this stage, we have obtained all data and can plot the chart. // // Create a XYChart object of size 600 x 360 pixels XYChart c = new XYChart(600, 360); // Set the plotarea at (50, 30) and of size 500 x 300 pixels, with transparent // background and border and light grey (0xcccccc) horizontal grid lines c.setPlotArea(50, 30, 500, 300, Chart.Transparent, -1, Chart.Transparent, 0xcccccc); // Display the mean and standard deviation on the chart c.addTitle("Mean = " + c.formatValue(mean, "{value|1}") + ", Standard Deviation = " + c.formatValue(stdDev, "{value|2}"), "Arial"); // Set the x and y axis label font to 12pt Arial c.xAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial", 12); c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial", 12); // Set the x and y axis stems to transparent, and the x-axis tick color to grey // (0x888888) c.xAxis().setColors(Chart.Transparent, Chart.TextColor, Chart.TextColor, 0x888888); c.yAxis().setColors(Chart.Transparent); // Draw the bell curve as a spline layer in red (0xdd0000) with 2-pixel line width SplineLayer bellLayer = c.addSplineLayer(bellCurve, 0xdd0000); bellLayer.setXData2(mean - stdDevWidth * stdDev, mean + stdDevWidth * stdDev); bellLayer.setLineWidth(2); // No tooltip is needed for the spline layer bellLayer.setHTMLImageMap("{disable}"); // Draw the histogram as bars in blue (0x6699bb) with dark blue (0x336688) border BarLayer histogramLayer = c.addBarLayer(frequency, 0x6699bb); histogramLayer.setBorderColor(0x336688); // The center of the bars span from minX + half_bar_width to maxX - half_bar_width histogramLayer.setXData2(minX + slotSize / 2.0, maxX - slotSize / 2.0); // Configure the bars to touch each other with no gap in between histogramLayer.setBarGap(Chart.TouchBar); // Use rounded corners for decoration histogramLayer.setRoundedCorners(); // Tool tip for the histogram histogramLayer.setHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='{value}'"); // ChartDirector by default will extend the x-axis scale by 0.5 unit to cater for the // bar width. It is because a bar plotted at x actually occupies (x +/- half_bar_width), // and the bar width is normally 1 for label based x-axis. However, this chart is using // a linear x-axis instead of label based. So we disable the automatic extension and add // a dummy layer to extend the x-axis scale to cover minX to maxX. c.xAxis().setIndent(false); c.addLineLayer2().setXData(minX, maxX); // For the automatic y-axis labels, set the minimum spacing to 40 pixels. c.yAxis().setTickDensity(40); // Output the chart viewer.Chart = c; // Include tool tip for the chart viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("clickable"); } } }

[ASP.NET Web Forms - C# version] NetWebCharts\CSharpASP\histogram.aspx
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<%@ Page Language="C#" Debug="true" %> <%@ Import Namespace="ChartDirector" %> <%@ Register TagPrefix="chart" Namespace="ChartDirector" Assembly="netchartdir" %> <!DOCTYPE html> <script runat="server"> // // Page Load event handler // protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { // // This example demonstrates creating a histogram with a bell curve from raw data. About half of // the code is to sort the raw data into slots and to generate the points on the bell curve. The // remaining half of the code is the actual charting code. // // Generate a random guassian distributed data series as the input data for this example. RanSeries r = new RanSeries(66); double[] samples = r.getGaussianSeries(200, 100, 10); // // Classify the numbers into slots. In this example, the slot width is 5 units. // double slotSize = 5; // Compute the min and max values, and extend them to the slot boundary. ArrayMath m = new ArrayMath(samples); double minX = (int)(m.min() / slotSize) * slotSize; double maxX = (int)(m.max() / slotSize) * slotSize + slotSize; // We can now determine the number of slots int slotCount = (int)((maxX - minX) / slotSize + 0.5); double[] frequency = new double[slotCount]; // Count the data points contained in each slot for(int i = 0; i < samples.Length; ++i) { int slotIndex = (int)((samples[i] - minX) / slotSize); frequency[slotIndex] = frequency[slotIndex] + 1; } // // Compute Normal Distribution Curve // // The mean and standard deviation of the data double mean = m.avg(); double stdDev = m.stdDev(); // The normal distribution curve (bell curve) is a standard statistics curve. We need to // vertically scale it to make it proportion to the frequency count. double scaleFactor = slotSize * samples.Length / stdDev / Math.Sqrt(2 * 3.1416); // In this example, we plot the bell curve up to 3 standard deviations. double stdDevWidth = 3.0; // We generate 4 points per standard deviation to be joined with a spline curve. int bellCurveResolution = (int)(stdDevWidth * 4 + 1); double[] bellCurve = new double[bellCurveResolution]; for(int i = 0; i < bellCurveResolution; ++i) { double z = 2 * i * stdDevWidth / (bellCurveResolution - 1) - stdDevWidth; bellCurve[i] = Math.Exp(-z * z / 2) * scaleFactor; } // // At this stage, we have obtained all data and can plot the chart. // // Create a XYChart object of size 600 x 360 pixels XYChart c = new XYChart(600, 360); // Set the plotarea at (50, 30) and of size 500 x 300 pixels, with transparent background and // border and light grey (0xcccccc) horizontal grid lines c.setPlotArea(50, 30, 500, 300, Chart.Transparent, -1, Chart.Transparent, 0xcccccc); // Display the mean and standard deviation on the chart c.addTitle("Mean = " + c.formatValue(mean, "{value|1}") + ", Standard Deviation = " + c.formatValue(stdDev, "{value|2}"), "Arial"); // Set the x and y axis label font to 12pt Arial c.xAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial", 12); c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial", 12); // Set the x and y axis stems to transparent, and the x-axis tick color to grey (0x888888) c.xAxis().setColors(Chart.Transparent, Chart.TextColor, Chart.TextColor, 0x888888); c.yAxis().setColors(Chart.Transparent); // Draw the bell curve as a spline layer in red (0xdd0000) with 2-pixel line width SplineLayer bellLayer = c.addSplineLayer(bellCurve, 0xdd0000); bellLayer.setXData2(mean - stdDevWidth * stdDev, mean + stdDevWidth * stdDev); bellLayer.setLineWidth(2); // No tooltip is needed for the spline layer bellLayer.setHTMLImageMap("{disable}"); // Draw the histogram as bars in blue (0x6699bb) with dark blue (0x336688) border BarLayer histogramLayer = c.addBarLayer(frequency, 0x6699bb); histogramLayer.setBorderColor(0x336688); // The center of the bars span from minX + half_bar_width to maxX - half_bar_width histogramLayer.setXData2(minX + slotSize / 2.0, maxX - slotSize / 2.0); // Configure the bars to touch each other with no gap in between histogramLayer.setBarGap(Chart.TouchBar); // Use rounded corners for decoration histogramLayer.setRoundedCorners(); // Tool tip for the histogram histogramLayer.setHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='{value}'"); // ChartDirector by default will extend the x-axis scale by 0.5 unit to cater for the bar width. // It is because a bar plotted at x actually occupies (x +/- half_bar_width), and the bar width // is normally 1 for label based x-axis. However, this chart is using a linear x-axis instead of // label based. So we disable the automatic extension and add a dummy layer to extend the x-axis // scale to cover minX to maxX. c.xAxis().setIndent(false); c.addLineLayer2().setXData(minX, maxX); // For the automatic y-axis labels, set the minimum spacing to 40 pixels. c.yAxis().setTickDensity(40); // Output the chart WebChartViewer1.Image = c.makeWebImage(Chart.SVG); // Include tool tip for the chart WebChartViewer1.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap(""); } </script> <html> <head> <script type="text/javascript" src="cdjcv.js"></script> </head> <body> <chart:WebChartViewer id="WebChartViewer1" runat="server" /> </body> </html>

[ASP.NET Web Forms - VB Version] NetWebCharts\VBNetASP\histogram.aspx
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<%@ Page Language="VB" Debug="true" %> <%@ Import Namespace="ChartDirector" %> <%@ Register TagPrefix="chart" Namespace="ChartDirector" Assembly="netchartdir" %> <!DOCTYPE html> <script runat="server"> ' ' Page Load event handler ' Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) ' ' This example demonstrates creating a histogram with a bell curve from raw data. About half of ' the code is to sort the raw data into slots and to generate the points on the bell curve. The ' remaining half of the code is the actual charting code. ' ' Generate a random guassian distributed data series as the input data for this example. Dim r As RanSeries = New RanSeries(66) Dim samples() As Double = r.getGaussianSeries(200, 100, 10) ' ' Classify the numbers into slots. In this example, the slot width is 5 units. ' Dim slotSize As Double = 5 ' Compute the min and max values, and extend them to the slot boundary. Dim m As ArrayMath = New ArrayMath(samples) Dim minX As Double = Int(m.min() / slotSize) * slotSize Dim maxX As Double = Int(m.max() / slotSize) * slotSize + slotSize ' We can now determine the number of slots Dim slotCount As Integer = Int((maxX - minX) / slotSize + 0.5) Dim frequency(slotCount - 1) As Double ' Count the data points contained in each slot For i As Integer = 0 To UBound(samples) Dim slotIndex As Integer = Int((samples(i) - minX) / slotSize) frequency(slotIndex) = frequency(slotIndex) + 1 Next ' ' Compute Normal Distribution Curve ' ' The mean and standard deviation of the data Dim mean As Double = m.avg() Dim stdDev As Double = m.stdDev() ' The normal distribution curve (bell curve) is a standard statistics curve. We need to ' vertically scale it to make it proportion to the frequency count. Dim scaleFactor As Double = slotSize * (UBound(samples) + 1) / stdDev / Math.Sqrt(2 * 3.1416) ' In this example, we plot the bell curve up to 3 standard deviations. Dim stdDevWidth As Double = 3.0 ' We generate 4 points per standard deviation to be joined with a spline curve. Dim bellCurveResolution As Integer = Int(stdDevWidth * 4 + 1) Dim bellCurve(bellCurveResolution - 1) As Double For i As Integer = 0 To bellCurveResolution - 1 Dim z As Double = 2 * i * stdDevWidth / (bellCurveResolution - 1) - stdDevWidth bellCurve(i) = Math.Exp(-z * z / 2) * scaleFactor Next ' ' At this stage, we have obtained all data and can plot the chart. ' ' Create a XYChart object of size 600 x 360 pixels Dim c As XYChart = New XYChart(600, 360) ' Set the plotarea at (50, 30) and of size 500 x 300 pixels, with transparent background and ' border and light grey (0xcccccc) horizontal grid lines c.setPlotArea(50, 30, 500, 300, Chart.Transparent, -1, Chart.Transparent, &Hcccccc) ' Display the mean and standard deviation on the chart c.addTitle("Mean = " & c.formatValue(mean, "{value|1}") & ", Standard Deviation = " & _ c.formatValue(stdDev, "{value|2}"), "Arial") ' Set the x and y axis label font to 12pt Arial c.xAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial", 12) c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial", 12) ' Set the x and y axis stems to transparent, and the x-axis tick color to grey (0x888888) c.xAxis().setColors(Chart.Transparent, Chart.TextColor, Chart.TextColor, &H888888) c.yAxis().setColors(Chart.Transparent) ' Draw the bell curve as a spline layer in red (0xdd0000) with 2-pixel line width Dim bellLayer As SplineLayer = c.addSplineLayer(bellCurve, &Hdd0000) bellLayer.setXData2(mean - stdDevWidth * stdDev, mean + stdDevWidth * stdDev) bellLayer.setLineWidth(2) ' No tooltip is needed for the spline layer bellLayer.setHTMLImageMap("{disable}") ' Draw the histogram as bars in blue (0x6699bb) with dark blue (0x336688) border Dim histogramLayer As BarLayer = c.addBarLayer(frequency, &H6699bb) histogramLayer.setBorderColor(&H336688) ' The center of the bars span from minX + half_bar_width to maxX - half_bar_width histogramLayer.setXData2(minX + slotSize / 2.0, maxX - slotSize / 2.0) ' Configure the bars to touch each other with no gap in between histogramLayer.setBarGap(Chart.TouchBar) ' Use rounded corners for decoration histogramLayer.setRoundedCorners() ' Tool tip for the histogram histogramLayer.setHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='{value}'") ' ChartDirector by default will extend the x-axis scale by 0.5 unit to cater for the bar width. ' It is because a bar plotted at x actually occupies (x +/- half_bar_width), and the bar width ' is normally 1 for label based x-axis. However, this chart is using a linear x-axis instead of ' label based. So we disable the automatic extension and add a dummy layer to extend the x-axis ' scale to cover minX to maxX. c.xAxis().setIndent(False) c.addLineLayer2().setXData(minX, maxX) ' For the automatic y-axis labels, set the minimum spacing to 40 pixels. c.yAxis().setTickDensity(40) ' Output the chart WebChartViewer1.Image = c.makeWebImage(Chart.SVG) ' Include tool tip for the chart WebChartViewer1.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap("") End Sub </script> <html> <head> <script type="text/javascript" src="cdjcv.js"></script> </head> <body> <chart:WebChartViewer id="WebChartViewer1" runat="server" /> </body> </html>

[ASP.NET MVC - Controller] NetMvcCharts\Controllers\HistogramController.cs
using System; using System.Web.Mvc; using ChartDirector; namespace NetMvcCharts.Controllers { public class HistogramController : Controller { // // Default Action // public ActionResult Index() { ViewBag.Title = "Histogram with Bell Curve"; createChart(ViewBag.Viewer = new RazorChartViewer(HttpContext, "chart1")); return View("~/Views/Shared/ChartView.cshtml"); } // // Create chart // private void createChart(RazorChartViewer viewer) { // // This example demonstrates creating a histogram with a bell curve from raw data. About half // of the code is to sort the raw data into slots and to generate the points on the bell // curve. The remaining half of the code is the actual charting code. // // Generate a random guassian distributed data series as the input data for this example. RanSeries r = new RanSeries(66); double[] samples = r.getGaussianSeries(200, 100, 10); // // Classify the numbers into slots. In this example, the slot width is 5 units. // double slotSize = 5; // Compute the min and max values, and extend them to the slot boundary. ArrayMath m = new ArrayMath(samples); double minX = (int)(m.min() / slotSize) * slotSize; double maxX = (int)(m.max() / slotSize) * slotSize + slotSize; // We can now determine the number of slots int slotCount = (int)((maxX - minX) / slotSize + 0.5); double[] frequency = new double[slotCount]; // Count the data points contained in each slot for(int i = 0; i < samples.Length; ++i) { int slotIndex = (int)((samples[i] - minX) / slotSize); frequency[slotIndex] = frequency[slotIndex] + 1; } // // Compute Normal Distribution Curve // // The mean and standard deviation of the data double mean = m.avg(); double stdDev = m.stdDev(); // The normal distribution curve (bell curve) is a standard statistics curve. We need to // vertically scale it to make it proportion to the frequency count. double scaleFactor = slotSize * samples.Length / stdDev / Math.Sqrt(2 * 3.1416); // In this example, we plot the bell curve up to 3 standard deviations. double stdDevWidth = 3.0; // We generate 4 points per standard deviation to be joined with a spline curve. int bellCurveResolution = (int)(stdDevWidth * 4 + 1); double[] bellCurve = new double[bellCurveResolution]; for(int i = 0; i < bellCurveResolution; ++i) { double z = 2 * i * stdDevWidth / (bellCurveResolution - 1) - stdDevWidth; bellCurve[i] = Math.Exp(-z * z / 2) * scaleFactor; } // // At this stage, we have obtained all data and can plot the chart. // // Create a XYChart object of size 600 x 360 pixels XYChart c = new XYChart(600, 360); // Set the plotarea at (50, 30) and of size 500 x 300 pixels, with transparent background and // border and light grey (0xcccccc) horizontal grid lines c.setPlotArea(50, 30, 500, 300, Chart.Transparent, -1, Chart.Transparent, 0xcccccc); // Display the mean and standard deviation on the chart c.addTitle("Mean = " + c.formatValue(mean, "{value|1}") + ", Standard Deviation = " + c.formatValue(stdDev, "{value|2}"), "Arial"); // Set the x and y axis label font to 12pt Arial c.xAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial", 12); c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("Arial", 12); // Set the x and y axis stems to transparent, and the x-axis tick color to grey (0x888888) c.xAxis().setColors(Chart.Transparent, Chart.TextColor, Chart.TextColor, 0x888888); c.yAxis().setColors(Chart.Transparent); // Draw the bell curve as a spline layer in red (0xdd0000) with 2-pixel line width SplineLayer bellLayer = c.addSplineLayer(bellCurve, 0xdd0000); bellLayer.setXData2(mean - stdDevWidth * stdDev, mean + stdDevWidth * stdDev); bellLayer.setLineWidth(2); // No tooltip is needed for the spline layer bellLayer.setHTMLImageMap("{disable}"); // Draw the histogram as bars in blue (0x6699bb) with dark blue (0x336688) border BarLayer histogramLayer = c.addBarLayer(frequency, 0x6699bb); histogramLayer.setBorderColor(0x336688); // The center of the bars span from minX + half_bar_width to maxX - half_bar_width histogramLayer.setXData2(minX + slotSize / 2.0, maxX - slotSize / 2.0); // Configure the bars to touch each other with no gap in between histogramLayer.setBarGap(Chart.TouchBar); // Use rounded corners for decoration histogramLayer.setRoundedCorners(); // Tool tip for the histogram histogramLayer.setHTMLImageMap("", "", "title='{value}'"); // ChartDirector by default will extend the x-axis scale by 0.5 unit to cater for the bar // width. It is because a bar plotted at x actually occupies (x +/- half_bar_width), and the // bar width is normally 1 for label based x-axis. However, this chart is using a linear // x-axis instead of label based. So we disable the automatic extension and add a dummy layer // to extend the x-axis scale to cover minX to maxX. c.xAxis().setIndent(false); c.addLineLayer2().setXData(minX, maxX); // For the automatic y-axis labels, set the minimum spacing to 40 pixels. c.yAxis().setTickDensity(40); // Output the chart viewer.Image = c.makeWebImage(Chart.SVG); // Include tool tip for the chart viewer.ImageMap = c.getHTMLImageMap(""); } } }

[ASP.NET MVC - View] NetMvcCharts\Views\Shared\ChartView.cshtml
@{ Layout = null; } <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" /> <title>@ViewBag.Title</title> <style> @ViewBag.Style </style> @Scripts.Render("~/Scripts/cdjcv.js") </head> <body style="margin:5px 0px 0px 5px"> <div style="font:bold 18pt verdana;"> @ViewBag.Title </div> <hr style="border:solid 1px #000080; background:#000080" /> <div> @{ if (ViewBag.Viewer is Array) { // Display multiple charts for (int i = 0; i < ViewBag.Viewer.Length; ++i) { @:@Html.Raw(ViewBag.Viewer[i].RenderHTML()) } } else { // Display one chart only @:@Html.Raw(ViewBag.Viewer.RenderHTML()) } } </div> </body> </html>