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ChartDirector 7.0 (Perl Edition)
Pyramid Elevation
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;
sub createChart
{
my $chartIndex = shift;
# The data for the pyramid chart
my $data = [156, 123, 211, 179];
# The colors for the pyramid layers
my $colors = [0x66aaee, 0xeebb22, 0xcccccc, 0xcc88ff];
# The elevation angle
my $angle = $chartIndex * 15;
# Create a PyramidChart object of size 200 x 200 pixels, with white (ffffff) background and grey
# (888888) border
my $c = new PyramidChart(200, 200, 0xffffff, 0x888888);
# Set the pyramid center at (100, 100), and width x height to 60 x 120 pixels
$c->setPyramidSize(100, 100, 60, 120);
# Set the elevation angle
$c->addTitle("Elevation = $angle", "Arial Italic", 15);
$c->setViewAngle($angle);
# Set the pyramid data
$c->setData($data);
# Set the layer colors to the given colors
$c->setColors2($perlchartdir::DataColor, $colors);
# Leave 1% gaps between layers
$c->setLayerGap(0.01);
# Output the chart
$c->makeChart("pyramidelevation$chartIndex.png");
}
createChart(0);
createChart(1);
createChart(2);
createChart(3);
createChart(4);
createChart(5);
createChart(6);