ChartDirector 7.0 (Perl Edition)

Binary Data Series




This example demonstrates a chart representing binary data series.

A binary data series is a series with elements that can only assume two values. In this example, 0 and 1 are used to represent the two values.

There are plenty of methods to represent binary data series in a chart. In this example, three methods are demonstrated.

Source Code Listing

perldemo\binaryseries.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 data for the chart my $dataY = [1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1]; my $dataX = [perlchartdir::chartTime(2008, 7, 1, 0, 0, 0), perlchartdir::chartTime(2008, 7, 1, 2, 17, 2), perlchartdir::chartTime(2008, 7, 1, 8, 5, 30), perlchartdir::chartTime(2008, 7, 1, 10, 54, 10), perlchartdir::chartTime(2008, 7, 1, 15, 40, 0), perlchartdir::chartTime(2008, 7, 1, 18, 22, 20), perlchartdir::chartTime(2008, 7, 1, 22, 17, 14), perlchartdir::chartTime(2008, 7, 2, 2, 55, 50), perlchartdir::chartTime(2008, 7, 2, 8, 17, 14), perlchartdir::chartTime(2008, 7, 2, 11, 55, 50), perlchartdir::chartTime(2008, 7, 2, 13, 17, 14), perlchartdir::chartTime(2008, 7, 2, 17, 55, 50), perlchartdir::chartTime(2008, 7, 2, 20, 17, 14), perlchartdir::chartTime(2008, 7, 3, 0, 0, 0)]; # In this example, we only use position 1, 3, 5 for the data series. Positions 0, 2, 4, 6 are empty # and serve as gaps. my $labels = ["", "ON Only Filling", "", "<*font,color=cc2200*>ON<*/font*> / <*font,color=00aa22*>OFF<*/font*> Filling", "", "Logic Line", ""]; # Create a XYChart object of size 600 x 180 pixels my $c = new XYChart(600, 180); # Add a title to the chart using 10 points Arial Bold font. Set top/bottom margins to 12 pixels. my $title = $c->addTitle("Binary Data Series Demonstration", "Arial Bold", 10); # Tentatively set the plotarea at (100, 30) and of size 470 x 120 pixels. Use transparent border. # Use grey (888888) solid line and light grey (ccccc) dotted line as major and minor vertical grid # lines. $c->setPlotArea(100, 30, 470, 120, -1, -1, $perlchartdir::Transparent)->setGridColor( $perlchartdir::Transparent, 0x888888, $perlchartdir::Transparent, $c->dashLineColor(0xcccccc, $perlchartdir::DotLine)); # Set axes to transparent $c->xAxis()->setColors($perlchartdir::Transparent); $c->yAxis()->setColors($perlchartdir::Transparent); # Set the y axis labels $c->yAxis()->setLabels($labels); # Set y-axis label style to 8pt Arial Bold $c->yAxis()->setLabelStyle("Arial Bold", 8); # Set x-axis major and minor tick density to 50 and 5 pixels. ChartDirector auto-scaling will use # this as the guideline when putting ticks on the x-axis. $c->xAxis()->setTickDensity(50, 5); # Use "<*font=Arial Bold*>{value|mmm dd}" for the first label of an hour, and "{value|hh:nn}" for # all other labels. $c->xAxis()->setMultiFormat(perlchartdir::StartOfDayFilter(), "<*font=Arial Bold*>{value|mmm dd}", perlchartdir::AllPassFilter(), "{value|hh:nn}"); # # A Logic Line can be achieved using a StepLineLayer in ChartDirector # # Shift the data by 4.5, so instead of 0 - 1, it is now 4.5 to 5.5, or fluctuate around the y = 5 # (Logic Line label) position. my $shiftedLine0 = new ArrayMath($dataY)->add(4.5)->result(); # Add step lines using the original and the reversed data my $layer0 = $c->addStepLineLayer($shiftedLine0, 0x0000ff); $layer0->setXData($dataX); # # To perform ON/OFF filling, we draw the logic line, and its reverse, and fill the region in between # # Shift the data by 2.5, so instead of 0 - 1, it is now 2.5 to 3.5, or fluctuate around the y = 3 # (ON/OFF Filing label) position. my $shiftedLine1 = new ArrayMath($dataY)->add(2.5)->result(); # Reverse the data, so the 0 becomes 1 and 1 becomes 0, and shift it as well. my $reverseShiftedLine1 = new ArrayMath($dataY)->mul(-1)->add(3.5)->result(); # Add step lines using the original and the reversed data my $layer1 = $c->addStepLineLayer($shiftedLine1, $perlchartdir::Transparent); $layer1->addDataSet($reverseShiftedLine1, $perlchartdir::Transparent); $layer1->setXData($dataX); # Fill the region between the two step lines with green (00aa22) or red (cc2200), depending on # whether the original or the reserve is higher. $c->addInterLineLayer($layer1->getLine(0), $layer1->getLine(1), 0x00aa22, 0xcc2200); # # The ON Only filling is the same as ON/OFF filling, except the OFF filling color is transparent # # Shift the data by 0.5, so instead of 0 - 1, it is now 0.5 to 1.5, or fluctuate around the y = 1 # (ON Only Filing label) position. my $shiftedLine2 = new ArrayMath($dataY)->add(0.5)->result(); # Reverse the data, so the 0 becomes 1 and 1 becomes 0, and shift it as well. my $reverseShiftedLine2 = new ArrayMath($dataY)->mul(-1)->add(1.5)->result(); # Add step lines using the original and the reversed data my $layer2 = $c->addStepLineLayer($shiftedLine2, $perlchartdir::Transparent); $layer2->addDataSet($reverseShiftedLine2, $perlchartdir::Transparent); $layer2->setXData($dataX); # Fill the region between the two step lines with green (00aa22) or transparent, depending on # whether the original or the reserve is higher. $c->addInterLineLayer($layer2->getLine(0), $layer2->getLine(1), 0x00aa22, $perlchartdir::Transparent ); # Adjust the plot area size, such that the bounding box (inclusive of axes) is 10 pixels from the # left edge, 10 pixels below the title, 30 pixels from the right edge, and 10 pixels above the # bottom edge. $c->packPlotArea(10, $title->getHeight() + 10, $c->getWidth() - 30, $c->getHeight() - 10); # Output the chart $c->makeChart("binaryseries.png");