ChartDirector Ver 4.1 (C++ Edition)

Simple Area Chart




This example demonstrates the basic steps in creating area charts.

Source Code Listing

[The following code is available in "cppdemo/simplearea". A MFC version of the code is available in "mfcdemo" (Windows edition only).]
#include "chartdir.h"

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    // The data for the area chart
    double data[] = {30, 28, 40, 55, 75, 68, 54, 60, 50, 62, 75, 65, 75, 89, 60, 55,
        53, 35, 50, 66, 56, 48, 52, 65, 62};

    // The labels for the area chart
    const char *labels[] = {"0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10",
        "11", "12", "13", "14", "15", "16", "17", "18", "19", "20", "21", "22", "23",
        "24"};

    // Create a XYChart object of size 250 x 250 pixels
    XYChart *c = new XYChart(250, 250);

    // Set the plotarea at (30, 20) and of size 200 x 200 pixels
    c->setPlotArea(30, 20, 200, 200);

    // Add an area chart layer using the given data
    c->addAreaLayer(DoubleArray(data, sizeof(data)/sizeof(data[0])));

    // Set the labels on the x axis.
    c->xAxis()->setLabels(StringArray(labels, sizeof(labels)/sizeof(labels[0])));

    // Display 1 out of 3 labels on the x-axis.
    c->xAxis()->setLabelStep(3);

    // output the chart
    c->makeChart("simplearea.png");

    //free up resources
    delete c;
    return 0;
}