ChartDirector Ver 5.0 (Python Edition)

Dual Horizontal Bar Charts




This example demonstrates combining two horizontal bar charts of opposite direction using a MultiChart, and a number of other ChartDirector features.

Source Code Listing

[Standalone Version] pythondemo\dualhbar.py
#!/usr/bin/python
from pychartdir import *

# The age groups
labels = ["0 - 4", "5 - 9", "10 - 14", "15 - 19", "20 - 24", "24 - 29", "30 - 34",
    "35 - 39", "40 - 44", "44 - 49", "50 - 54", "55 - 59", "60 - 64", "65 - 69",
    "70 - 74", "75 - 79", "80+"]

# The male population (in thousands)
male = [215, 238, 225, 236, 235, 260, 286, 340, 363, 305, 259, 164, 135, 127, 102,
    68, 66]

# The female population (in thousands)
female = [194, 203, 201, 220, 228, 271, 339, 401, 384, 304, 236, 137, 116, 122, 112,
    85, 110]


#=============================================================
#    Draw the right bar chart
#=============================================================

# Create a XYChart object of size 320 x 300 pixels
c = XYChart(320, 300)

# Set the plotarea at (50, 0) and of size 250 x 255 pixels. Use pink (0xffdddd) as
# the background.
c.setPlotArea(50, 0, 250, 255, '0xffdddd')

# Add a custom text label at the top right corner of the right bar chart
c.addText(300, 0, "Female", "timesbi.ttf", 12, '0xa07070').setAlignment(TopRight)

# Add the pink (0xf0c0c0) bar chart layer using the female data
femaleLayer = c.addBarLayer(female, '0xf0c0c0')

# Swap the axis so that the bars are drawn horizontally
c.swapXY(1)

# Set the bar to touch each others
femaleLayer.setBarGap(TouchBar)

# Set the border style of the bars to 1 pixel 3D border
femaleLayer.setBorderColor(-1, 1)

# Add a Transparent line layer to the chart using the male data. As it is
# Transparent, only the female bar chart can be seen. We need to put both male and
# female data in both left and right charts, because we want auto-scaling to produce
# the same scale for both chart.
c.addLineLayer(male, Transparent)

# Set the y axis label font to Arial Bold
c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("arialbd.ttf")

# Set the labels between the two bar charts, which can be considered as the x-axis
# labels for the right chart
tb = c.xAxis().setLabels(labels)

# Use a fix width of 50 for the labels (height = automatic) with center alignment
tb.setSize(50, 0)
tb.setAlignment(Center)

# Set the label font to Arial Bold
tb.setFontStyle("arialbd.ttf")

# Disable ticks on the x-axis by setting the tick length to 0
c.xAxis().setTickLength(0)

#=============================================================
#    Draw the left bar chart
#=============================================================

# Create a XYChart object of size 280 x 300 pixels with a transparent background.
c2 = XYChart(280, 300, Transparent)

# Set the plotarea at (20, 0) and of size 250 x 255 pixels. Use pale blue (0xddddff)
# as the background.
c2.setPlotArea(20, 0, 250, 255, '0xddddff')

# Add a custom text label at the top left corner of the left bar chart
c2.addText(20, 0, "Male", "timesbi.ttf", 12, '0x7070a0')

# Add the pale blue (0xaaaaff) bar chart layer using the male data
maleLayer = c2.addBarLayer(male, '0xaaaaff')

# Swap the axis so that the bars are drawn horizontally
c2.swapXY(1)

# Reverse the direction of the y-axis so it runs from right to left
c2.yAxis().setReverse()

# Set the bar to touch each others
maleLayer.setBarGap(TouchBar)

# Set the border style of the bars to 1 pixel 3D border
maleLayer.setBorderColor(-1, 1)

# Add a Transparent line layer to the chart using the female data. As it is
# Transparent, only the male bar chart can be seen. We need to put both male and
# female data in both left and right charts, because we want auto-scaling to produce
# the same scale for both chart.
c2.addLineLayer(female, Transparent)

# Set the y axis label font to Arial Bold
c2.yAxis().setLabelStyle("arialbd.ttf")

#=============================================================
#    Use a MultiChart to contain both bar charts
#=============================================================

# Create a MultiChart object of size 590 x 320 pixels.
m = MultiChart(590, 320)

# Add a title to the chart using Arial Bold Italic font
m.addTitle("Demographics Hong Kong Year 2002", "arialbi.ttf")

# Add another title at the bottom using Arial Bold Italic font
m.addTitle2(Bottom, "Population (in thousands)", "arialbi.ttf", 10)

# Put the right chart at (270, 25)
m.addChart(270, 25, c)

# Put the left chart at (0, 25)
m.addChart(0, 25, c2)

# Output the chart
m.makeChart("dualhbar.png")

[CGI Version] pythondemo_cgi\dualhbar.py
#!/usr/bin/python
from pychartdir import *

# The age groups
labels = ["0 - 4", "5 - 9", "10 - 14", "15 - 19", "20 - 24", "24 - 29", "30 - 34",
    "35 - 39", "40 - 44", "44 - 49", "50 - 54", "55 - 59", "60 - 64", "65 - 69",
    "70 - 74", "75 - 79", "80+"]

# The male population (in thousands)
male = [215, 238, 225, 236, 235, 260, 286, 340, 363, 305, 259, 164, 135, 127, 102,
    68, 66]

# The female population (in thousands)
female = [194, 203, 201, 220, 228, 271, 339, 401, 384, 304, 236, 137, 116, 122, 112,
    85, 110]


#=============================================================
#    Draw the right bar chart
#=============================================================

# Create a XYChart object of size 320 x 300 pixels
c = XYChart(320, 300)

# Set the plotarea at (50, 0) and of size 250 x 255 pixels. Use pink (0xffdddd) as
# the background.
c.setPlotArea(50, 0, 250, 255, '0xffdddd')

# Add a custom text label at the top right corner of the right bar chart
c.addText(300, 0, "Female", "timesbi.ttf", 12, '0xa07070').setAlignment(TopRight)

# Add the pink (0xf0c0c0) bar chart layer using the female data
femaleLayer = c.addBarLayer(female, '0xf0c0c0')

# Swap the axis so that the bars are drawn horizontally
c.swapXY(1)

# Set the bar to touch each others
femaleLayer.setBarGap(TouchBar)

# Set the border style of the bars to 1 pixel 3D border
femaleLayer.setBorderColor(-1, 1)

# Add a Transparent line layer to the chart using the male data. As it is
# Transparent, only the female bar chart can be seen. We need to put both male and
# female data in both left and right charts, because we want auto-scaling to produce
# the same scale for both chart.
c.addLineLayer(male, Transparent)

# Set the y axis label font to Arial Bold
c.yAxis().setLabelStyle("arialbd.ttf")

# Set the labels between the two bar charts, which can be considered as the x-axis
# labels for the right chart
tb = c.xAxis().setLabels(labels)

# Use a fix width of 50 for the labels (height = automatic) with center alignment
tb.setSize(50, 0)
tb.setAlignment(Center)

# Set the label font to Arial Bold
tb.setFontStyle("arialbd.ttf")

# Disable ticks on the x-axis by setting the tick length to 0
c.xAxis().setTickLength(0)

#=============================================================
#    Draw the left bar chart
#=============================================================

# Create a XYChart object of size 280 x 300 pixels with a transparent background.
c2 = XYChart(280, 300, Transparent)

# Set the plotarea at (20, 0) and of size 250 x 255 pixels. Use pale blue (0xddddff)
# as the background.
c2.setPlotArea(20, 0, 250, 255, '0xddddff')

# Add a custom text label at the top left corner of the left bar chart
c2.addText(20, 0, "Male", "timesbi.ttf", 12, '0x7070a0')

# Add the pale blue (0xaaaaff) bar chart layer using the male data
maleLayer = c2.addBarLayer(male, '0xaaaaff')

# Swap the axis so that the bars are drawn horizontally
c2.swapXY(1)

# Reverse the direction of the y-axis so it runs from right to left
c2.yAxis().setReverse()

# Set the bar to touch each others
maleLayer.setBarGap(TouchBar)

# Set the border style of the bars to 1 pixel 3D border
maleLayer.setBorderColor(-1, 1)

# Add a Transparent line layer to the chart using the female data. As it is
# Transparent, only the male bar chart can be seen. We need to put both male and
# female data in both left and right charts, because we want auto-scaling to produce
# the same scale for both chart.
c2.addLineLayer(female, Transparent)

# Set the y axis label font to Arial Bold
c2.yAxis().setLabelStyle("arialbd.ttf")

#=============================================================
#    Use a MultiChart to contain both bar charts
#=============================================================

# Create a MultiChart object of size 590 x 320 pixels.
m = MultiChart(590, 320)

# Add a title to the chart using Arial Bold Italic font
m.addTitle("Demographics Hong Kong Year 2002", "arialbi.ttf")

# Add another title at the bottom using Arial Bold Italic font
m.addTitle2(Bottom, "Population (in thousands)", "arialbi.ttf", 10)

# Put the right chart at (270, 25)
m.addChart(270, 25, c)

# Put the left chart at (0, 25)
m.addChart(0, 25, c2)

# Output the chart
print("Content-type: image/png\n")
binaryPrint(m.makeChart2(PNG))