ChartDirector 7.0 (Perl Edition)
Polar Vector Chart
Source Code Listing
#!/usr/bin/perl
# The ChartDirector for Perl module is assumed to be in "../lib"
use File::Basename;
use lib (dirname($0)."/../lib") =~ /(.*)/;
use perlchartdir;
# Coordinates of the starting points of the vectors
my $radius = [5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10,
15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 15, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20,
25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25, 25];
my $angle = [0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210, 240, 270, 300, 330, 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180,
210, 240, 270, 300, 330, 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210, 240, 270, 300, 330, 0, 30, 60, 90,
120, 150, 180, 210, 240, 270, 300, 330, 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210, 240, 270, 300, 330];
# Magnitude and direction of the vectors
my $magnitude = [5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3,
3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1];
my $direction = [60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210, 240, 270, 300, 330, 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210,
240, 270, 300, 330, 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210, 240, 270, 300, 330, 0, 30, 60, 90, 120,
150, 180, 210, 240, 270, 300, 330, 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210, 240, 270, 300, 330, 0, 30]
;
# Create a PolarChart object of size 460 x 460 pixels
my $c = new PolarChart(460, 460);
# Add a title to the chart at the top left corner using 15pt Arial Bold Italic font
$c->addTitle("Polar Vector Chart Demonstration", "Arial Bold Italic", 15);
# Set center of plot area at (230, 240) with radius 180 pixels
$c->setPlotArea(230, 240, 180);
# Set the grid style to circular grid
$c->setGridStyle(0);
# Set angular axis as 0 - 360, with a spoke every 30 units
$c->angularAxis()->setLinearScale(0, 360, 30);
# Add a polar vector layer to the chart with blue (0000ff) vectors
$c->addVectorLayer($radius, $angle, $magnitude, $direction, $perlchartdir::RadialAxisScale, 0x0000ff
);
# Output the chart
$c->makeChart("polarvector.png");