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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>Bar graphs</title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="manual.css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.76.0"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="JpGraph Manual"><link rel="up" href="ch15.html" title="Chapter 15. Different types of linear (cartesian) graph types"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Bar graphs</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 15. Different types of linear (cartesian) graph types</th><td width="20%" align="right"> </td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="sect1" title="Bar graphs"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="sec1.creating-bar-graphs"></a>Bar graphs</h2></div></div></div>
<p>The library supports 2D vertical and horizontal bar plots as was shown in the
introduction section . To use bar plots the bar plot module
"<code class="filename">jpgraph_bar.php</code>" must be included in the script.</p>
<p>There are eight fundamental types of bar graphs supported by the library. Examples
of the available types are shown in <a class="xref" href="ch15s02.html#fig.types-of-barplots" title="Figure 15.33. Different types of supported bar graphs">Figure 15.33. Different types of supported bar graphs</a></p>
<p>
</p><div class="figure"><a name="fig.types-of-barplots"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 15.33. Different types of supported bar graphs</b></p><div class="figure-contents">
<div class="informaltable">
<table border="0"><colgroup><col class="c1"><col class="c2"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td align="center">
<p><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/img_mmbar.png" alt="Different types of supported bar graphs"></span></p>
<p><span class="bold"><strong>a)</strong></span> Vertical
bar</p>
</td><td align="center">
<p><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/img_mmbar90.png" alt="Different types of supported bar graphs"></span></p>
<p><span class="bold"><strong>b)</strong></span> Horizontal
bar</p>
</td></tr><tr><td align="center">
<p><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/img_mmaccbar.png" alt="Different types of supported bar graphs"></span></p>
<p><span class="bold"><strong>c)</strong></span> Vertical
accumulated bar</p>
</td><td align="center">
<p><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/img_mmaccbar90.png" alt="Different types of supported bar graphs"></span></p>
<p><span class="bold"><strong>d)</strong></span> Horizontal
accumulated bar</p>
</td></tr><tr><td align="center">
<p><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/img_mmgroupbar.png" alt="Different types of supported bar graphs"></span></p>
<p><span class="bold"><strong>e)</strong></span> Vertical group
bar</p>
</td><td align="center">
<p><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/img_mmgroupbar90.png" alt="Different types of supported bar graphs"></span></p>
<p><span class="bold"><strong>f)</strong></span> Horizontal group
bar</p>
</td></tr><tr><td align="center">
<p><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/img_mmgroupaccbar.png" alt="Different types of supported bar graphs"></span></p>
<p><span class="bold"><strong>g)</strong></span> Vertical group
accumulated bar</p>
</td><td align="center">
<p><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/img_mmgroupaccbar90.png" alt="Different types of supported bar graphs"></span></p>
<p><span class="bold"><strong>h)</strong></span> Horizontal group
accumulated bar</p>
</td></tr></tbody></table>
</div>
</div></div><p><br class="figure-break">
</p>
<p>Using bar plots is straightforward and works in much the same way as line plots as
was discussed in the previous sections. </p>
<p>An instance of <code class="code">class BarPlot</code> is created with the wanted data and is
then either added directly to the graph to create a basic bar plot or is enclosed in
with one of the container classes <code class="code">AccBarPlot</code> or
<code class="code">GroupBarPlot</code> which are then added to the graph. </p>
<p>There is however one crucial change that is usually made. The x-scale is usually
specified as a "<code class="code">text</code>" type scale. The reasons this are primarily
two</p>
<p>
</p><div class="orderedlist"><ol class="orderedlist" type="1"><li class="listitem">
<p>to get the alignment of the labels to be between the tick marks and
not at the tick marks as is normal for line plots</p>
</li><li class="listitem">
<p>to get the bars to be aligned at the center between the tick
marks</p>
</li></ol></div><p>
</p>
<p>The following two examples shows the difference between using an integer scale in
<a class="xref" href="ch15s02.html#fig.example19.1" title='Figure 15.34. Using "int" scale for the x-axis (example19.1.php)'>Figure 15.34. Using "int" scale for the x-axis <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/example19.1.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">example19.1.php</code>)</a></code> </a> and a text sale in <a class="xref" href="ch15s02.html#fig.example19" title='Figure 15.35. Using "text" scale for the x-axis (example19.php)'>Figure 15.35. Using "text" scale for the x-axis <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/example19.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">example19.php</code>)</a></code> </a></p>
<p>
</p><div class="informaltable">
<table border="0"><colgroup><col class="c1"><col class="c2"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>
<div class="figure"><a name="fig.example19.1"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 15.34. Using "int" scale for the x-axis <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/example19.1.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">example19.1.php</code>)</a></code> </b></p><div class="figure-contents"> <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/example19.1.png" alt='Using "int" scale for the x-axis (example19.1.php)'></span> </div></div><br class="figure-break">
</td><td>
<div class="figure"><a name="fig.example19"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 15.35. Using "text" scale for the x-axis <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/example19.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">example19.php</code>)</a></code> </b></p><div class="figure-contents"> <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/example19.png" alt='Using "text" scale for the x-axis (example19.php)'></span> </div></div><br class="figure-break">
</td></tr></tbody></table>
</div><p>
</p>
<p>As can be seen in <a class="xref" href="ch15s02.html#fig.example19.1" title='Figure 15.34. Using "int" scale for the x-axis (example19.1.php)'>Figure 15.34. Using "int" scale for the x-axis <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/example19.1.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">example19.1.php</code>)</a></code> </a> the bars have there left
edge aligned with the data value and the tick mark (the tick mark can not be seen
since it is aligned exactly with the left edge of the bar). In contrast using a text
scale in <a class="xref" href="ch15s02.html#fig.example19" title='Figure 15.35. Using "text" scale for the x-axis (example19.php)'>Figure 15.35. Using "text" scale for the x-axis <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/example19.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">example19.php</code>)</a></code> </a> adjusts the alignment of tick marks and
labels in a way that is more commonly used with bar graphs.</p>
<p>Some other commonly used method to change the appearance of the bar graphs
are</p>
<p>
</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem">
<p><code class="code">BarPlot::SetFillColor($aColor)</code></p>
<p>This is used to specify the fill color of the bar. The argument can
also be an array and in that case each color in the array is used for
individual successive bars.</p>
</li><li class="listitem">
<p><code class="code">BarPlot::SetFillGradient($aFromColor,$aToColor=null,$aStyle=null)</code></p>
<p>Specifies a gradient fill style for the bars. See ?? for
details.</p>
</li><li class="listitem">
<p><code class="code">BarPlot::SetPattern($aPattern, $aColor='black')</code></p>
<p>Specifies a pattern to be used to fill the bars. See ?? for
details</p>
</li><li class="listitem">
<p><code class="code">BarPlot::SetWidth($aWidth)</code></p>
<p>Specifies the width of the individual bars. Of this is an integer
value > 1 it is interpretated as the absolute width in pixels. If the
values instead is a real number in the range [0,1] it is interpretated
as the fraction of the width between the tick marks. By default the
width is set to 0.4</p>
</li></ul></div><p>
</p>
<div class="sect2" title="Accumulated bar plots"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2558886"></a>Accumulated bar plots</h3></div></div></div>
<p>Accumulated bar plots will show several data series stacked on top of each
other in each bar. They are the barplot variant of accumulated area plots as was
discussed previously.</p>
<p>An accumulated bar plot is made by aggregating one or more basic bar plots in
the container class <code class="code">AccBarPlot</code> as the following code snippet
shows</p>
<p>
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</span><span class="hl-comment">//</span><span class="hl-comment"> Some data</span><span class="hl-comment"></span><span class="hl-code">
</span><span class="hl-var">$data1y</span><span class="hl-code"> = ...
</span><span class="hl-var">$data2y</span><span class="hl-code"> = ...
</span><span class="hl-comment">//</span><span class="hl-comment"> Create two bar plots</span><span class="hl-comment"></span><span class="hl-code">
</span><span class="hl-var">$b1plot</span><span class="hl-code"> = </span><span class="hl-reserved">new</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-identifier">BarPlot</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-var">$data1y</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$b1plot</span><span class="hl-code">-></span><span class="hl-identifier">SetFillColor</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-quotes">'</span><span class="hl-string">orange</span><span class="hl-quotes">'</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$b2plot</span><span class="hl-code"> = </span><span class="hl-reserved">new</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-identifier">BarPlot</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-var">$data2y</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$b2plot</span><span class="hl-code">-></span><span class="hl-identifier">SetFillColor</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-quotes">'</span><span class="hl-string">blue</span><span class="hl-quotes">'</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-comment">//</span><span class="hl-comment"> Create the accumulated bar plot</span><span class="hl-comment"></span><span class="hl-code">
</span><span class="hl-var">$gbplot</span><span class="hl-code"> = </span><span class="hl-reserved">new</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-identifier">AccBarPlot</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-reserved">array</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-var">$b1plot</span><span class="hl-code">,</span><span class="hl-var">$b2plot</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-comment">//</span><span class="hl-comment"> Add the accumulated plot to the graph</span><span class="hl-comment"></span><span class="hl-code">
</span><span class="hl-var">$graph</span><span class="hl-code">-></span><span class="hl-identifier">Add</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-var">$gbplot</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-inlinetags">?></span></pre></td></tr></table></div><p>
</p>
<p>An example of an accumulated bar plot is shown in <a class="xref" href="ch15s02.html#fig.example23" title="Figure 15.36. An accumulated bar plot (example23.php)">Figure 15.36. An accumulated bar plot <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/example23.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">example23.php</code>)</a></code> </a></p>
<p>
</p><div class="figure"><a name="fig.example23"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 15.36. An accumulated bar plot <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/example23.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">example23.php</code>)</a></code> </b></p><div class="figure-contents"> <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/example23.png" alt="An accumulated bar plot (example23.php)"></span> </div></div><p><br class="figure-break">
</p>
<p>There are some subtleties when it comes to the formatting of the frames a
round each bar in an accumulated bar plots that might be useful to know. The
basic ambiguity that exists is that when we stack the bars on top of each other
to create a new accumulated bar each individual bar has properties that was (or
could) be set when each individual barplot was created like the frame around the
plot. </p>
<p>For example, take the following basic accumulated bar plot (partial
script)</p>
<p>
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</span><span class="hl-comment">//</span><span class="hl-comment"> Create the first bar</span><span class="hl-comment"></span><span class="hl-code">
</span><span class="hl-var">$bplot</span><span class="hl-code"> = </span><span class="hl-reserved">new</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-identifier">BarPlot</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-var">$datay1</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$bplot</span><span class="hl-code">-></span><span class="hl-identifier">SetFillGradient</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-quotes">'</span><span class="hl-string">AntiqueWhite2</span><span class="hl-quotes">'</span><span class="hl-code">,</span><span class="hl-quotes">'</span><span class="hl-string">AntiqueWhite4:0.8</span><span class="hl-quotes">'</span><span class="hl-code">,</span><span class="hl-identifier">GRAD_VERT</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$bplot</span><span class="hl-code">-></span><span class="hl-identifier">SetColor</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-quotes">'</span><span class="hl-string">darkred</span><span class="hl-quotes">'</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-comment">//</span><span class="hl-comment"> And the second bar</span><span class="hl-comment"></span><span class="hl-code">
</span><span class="hl-var">$bplot2</span><span class="hl-code"> = </span><span class="hl-reserved">new</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-identifier">BarPlot</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-var">$datay2</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$bplot2</span><span class="hl-code">-></span><span class="hl-identifier">SetFillGradient</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-quotes">'</span><span class="hl-string">olivedrab1</span><span class="hl-quotes">'</span><span class="hl-code">,</span><span class="hl-quotes">'</span><span class="hl-string">olivedrab4</span><span class="hl-quotes">'</span><span class="hl-code">,</span><span class="hl-identifier">GRAD_VERT</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$bplot2</span><span class="hl-code">-></span><span class="hl-identifier">SetColor</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-quotes">'</span><span class="hl-string">darkgreen</span><span class="hl-quotes">'</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-comment">//</span><span class="hl-comment"> Join them in an accumulated (stacked) plot</span><span class="hl-comment"></span><span class="hl-code">
</span><span class="hl-var">$accbplot</span><span class="hl-code"> = </span><span class="hl-reserved">new</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-identifier">AccBarPlot</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-reserved">array</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-var">$bplot</span><span class="hl-code">,</span><span class="hl-var">$bplot2</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$graph</span><span class="hl-code">-></span><span class="hl-identifier">Add</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-var">$accbplot</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-inlinetags">?></span></pre></td></tr></table></div><p>
</p>
<p>As you can see on line 5 and on line 10 we have set the frame color
differently in the two individual plots. However, the accumulated bar plot also
have a frame color property (and a weight as well) so what shall we use? If we
run a full example based on the lines above the result is shown in <a class="xref" href="ch15s02.html#fig.accbarframeex01" title="Figure 15.37. Accumulated bar with individual frame colors (accbarframeex01.php)">Figure 15.37. Accumulated bar with individual frame colors <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/accbarframeex01.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">accbarframeex01.php</code>)</a></code> </a> below.</p>
<p>
</p><div class="figure"><a name="fig.accbarframeex01"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 15.37. Accumulated bar with individual frame colors <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/accbarframeex01.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">accbarframeex01.php</code>)</a></code> </b></p><div class="figure-contents"> <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/accbarframeex01.png" alt="Accumulated bar with individual frame colors (accbarframeex01.php)"></span> </div></div><p><br class="figure-break">
</p>
<p>As can be seen from the graph the bar around each part has the color on th
frame that was set on the individual bar. There is one exception though. The
line that separates the two bars are shared and will always follow the color of
the top bar.</p>
<p>If we instead specify a frame for the accbar by adding the lines</p>
<p>
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</span><span class="hl-var">$accbplot</span><span class="hl-code">-></span><span class="hl-identifier">SetColor</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-quotes">'</span><span class="hl-string">red</span><span class="hl-quotes">'</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$accbplot</span><span class="hl-code">-></span><span class="hl-identifier">SetWeight</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-number">1</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$graph</span><span class="hl-code">-></span><span class="hl-identifier">Add</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-var">$accbplot</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
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<p>The result would be as is shown in <a class="xref" href="ch15s02.html#fig.accbarframeex02" title="Figure 15.38. Accumulated bar with unit frame color (accbarframeex02.php)">Figure 15.38. Accumulated bar with unit frame color <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/accbarframeex02.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">accbarframeex02.php</code>)</a></code> </a>
and the properties of the accumulated bar takes precedence, again with one
exception. The divider lines inside the bar is still controlled by the
individual plot. By default the line weight on the accumulated bar is 0 which
means that it will not be drawn, that is why we have to set a line weight on
line 4 above.</p>
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</p><div class="figure"><a name="fig.accbarframeex02"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 15.38. Accumulated bar with unit frame color <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/accbarframeex02.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">accbarframeex02.php</code>)</a></code> </b></p><div class="figure-contents"> <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/accbarframeex02.png" alt="Accumulated bar with unit frame color (accbarframeex02.php)"></span> </div></div><p><br class="figure-break">
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<p>If we instead were to set the individual line weight to zero, i.e.</p>
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</span><span class="hl-var">$bplot</span><span class="hl-code">-></span><span class="hl-identifier">SetWeight</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-number">0</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$bplot2</span><span class="hl-code">-></span><span class="hl-identifier">SetWeight</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-number">0</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
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</p>
<p>and keep the overall frame the result would become as shown in <a class="xref" href="ch15s02.html#fig.accbarframeex03" title="Figure 15.39. Setting individual frames to weight=0 (accbarframeex03.php)">Figure 15.39. Setting individual frames to weight=0 <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/accbarframeex03.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">accbarframeex03.php</code>)</a></code> </a> below</p>
<p>
</p><div class="figure"><a name="fig.accbarframeex03"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 15.39. Setting individual frames to weight=0 <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/accbarframeex03.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">accbarframeex03.php</code>)</a></code> </b></p><div class="figure-contents"> <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/accbarframeex03.png" alt="Setting individual frames to weight=0 (accbarframeex03.php)"></span> </div></div><p><br class="figure-break">
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</div>
<div class="sect2" title="Grouped bar plots"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2559176"></a>Grouped bar plots</h3></div></div></div>
<p>This uses the same principle as accumulated bar plots but instead of stacking
the data series on top of each other they are shown together for the same
x-value.</p>
<p>These types of bar graph is used to easy group two or more bars together
around each tick (x-value). The bars will be placed immediately beside each
other and as a group centered on each tick mark (or between if a text scale is
used). A grouped bar is created by aggregating two or more ordinary bar plots
and creating a <code class="code">GroupBarPlot</code>
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</span><span class="hl-comment">//</span><span class="hl-comment"> Some data</span><span class="hl-comment"></span><span class="hl-code">
</span><span class="hl-var">$data1y</span><span class="hl-code"> = ...
</span><span class="hl-var">$data2y</span><span class="hl-code"> = ...
</span><span class="hl-comment">//</span><span class="hl-comment"> Create the bar plots</span><span class="hl-comment"></span><span class="hl-code">
</span><span class="hl-var">$b1plot</span><span class="hl-code"> = </span><span class="hl-reserved">new</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-identifier">BarPlot</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-var">$data1y</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$b1plot</span><span class="hl-code">-></span><span class="hl-identifier">SetFillColor</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-quotes">'</span><span class="hl-string">orange</span><span class="hl-quotes">'</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$b2plot</span><span class="hl-code"> = </span><span class="hl-reserved">new</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-identifier">BarPlot</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-var">$data2y</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$b2plot</span><span class="hl-code">-></span><span class="hl-identifier">SetFillColor</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-quotes">'</span><span class="hl-string">blue</span><span class="hl-quotes">'</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-comment">//</span><span class="hl-comment"> Create the grouped bar plot</span><span class="hl-comment"></span><span class="hl-code">
</span><span class="hl-var">$gbplot</span><span class="hl-code"> = </span><span class="hl-reserved">new</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-identifier">GroupBarPlot</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-reserved">array</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-var">$b1plot</span><span class="hl-code"> , </span><span class="hl-var">$b2plot</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-comment">//</span><span class="hl-comment"> Add it to the graph</span><span class="hl-comment"></span><span class="hl-code">
</span><span class="hl-var">$graph</span><span class="hl-code">-></span><span class="hl-identifier">Add</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-var">$gbplot</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
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</p>
<p>An example of this is shown in <a class="xref" href="ch15s02.html#fig.example21" title="Figure 15.40. A grouped bar plot (example21.php)">Figure 15.40. A grouped bar plot <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/example21.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">example21.php</code>)</a></code> </a></p>
<p>
</p><div class="figure"><a name="fig.example21"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 15.40. A grouped bar plot <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/example21.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">example21.php</code>)</a></code> </b></p><div class="figure-contents"> <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/example21.png" alt="A grouped bar plot (example21.php)"></span> </div></div><p><br class="figure-break">
</p>
<p>If the <code class="code">SetWidth()</code> method is used on the
<code class="code">GroupBarPlot()</code> it will affect the total width used by all the
added plots. Each individual bar width will be the same for all added bars. The
default width for grouped bar is 70% of the width between the tick marks in the
graph. In <a class="xref" href="ch15s02.html#fig.example22" title="Figure 15.41. Adjusting the width of a group bar plot (example22.php)">Figure 15.41. Adjusting the width of a group bar plot <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/example22.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">example22.php</code>)</a></code> </a> an example where the width is set
to 90% is shown.</p>
<p>
</p><div class="figure"><a name="fig.example22"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 15.41. Adjusting the width of a group bar plot <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/example22.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">example22.php</code>)</a></code> </b></p><div class="figure-contents"> <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/example22.png" alt="Adjusting the width of a group bar plot (example22.php)"></span> </div></div><p><br class="figure-break">
</p>
<p>The number of data points in each data series must be the same. This means
that if there are no available values they should be specified as 0. An example
of this is shown in <a class="xref" href="ch15s02.html#fig.groupbarex1" title="Figure 15.42. All data series in a grouped bar graph must have the same number of data points (groupbarex1.php)">Figure 15.42. All data series in a grouped bar graph must have the same number of data points <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/groupbarex1.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">groupbarex1.php</code>)</a></code> </a></p>
<p>
</p><div class="figure"><a name="fig.groupbarex1"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 15.42. All data series in a grouped bar graph must have the same number of data points <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/groupbarex1.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">groupbarex1.php</code>)</a></code> </b></p><div class="figure-contents"> <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/groupbarex1.png" alt="All data series in a grouped bar graph must have the same number of data points (groupbarex1.php)"></span> </div></div><p><br class="figure-break">
</p>
</div>
<div class="sect2" title="Grouped accumulated bar graphs"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2559365"></a>Grouped accumulated bar graphs</h3></div></div></div>
<p>It is perfectly possible to combine the previous bar types to have a grouped
accumulated bar plot. This is done in a similar way by aggregating a number of
accumulated plots in a group bar plot. The following code snippte shows how this
can be done</p>
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</span><span class="hl-comment">//</span><span class="hl-comment"> Create all the 4 bar plots</span><span class="hl-comment"></span><span class="hl-code">
</span><span class="hl-var">$b1plot</span><span class="hl-code"> = </span><span class="hl-reserved">new</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-identifier">BarPlot</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-var">$data1y</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$b1plot</span><span class="hl-code">-></span><span class="hl-identifier">SetFillColor</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-quotes">"</span><span class="hl-string">orange</span><span class="hl-quotes">"</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$b2plot</span><span class="hl-code"> = </span><span class="hl-reserved">new</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-identifier">BarPlot</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-var">$data2y</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$b2plot</span><span class="hl-code">-></span><span class="hl-identifier">SetFillColor</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-quotes">"</span><span class="hl-string">blue</span><span class="hl-quotes">"</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$b3plot</span><span class="hl-code"> = </span><span class="hl-reserved">new</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-identifier">BarPlot</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-var">$data3y</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$b3plot</span><span class="hl-code">-></span><span class="hl-identifier">SetFillColor</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-quotes">"</span><span class="hl-string">green</span><span class="hl-quotes">"</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$b4plot</span><span class="hl-code"> = </span><span class="hl-reserved">new</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-identifier">BarPlot</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-var">$data4y</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$b4plot</span><span class="hl-code">-></span><span class="hl-identifier">SetFillColor</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-quotes">"</span><span class="hl-string">brown</span><span class="hl-quotes">"</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-comment">//</span><span class="hl-comment"> Create the accumulated bar plots</span><span class="hl-comment"></span><span class="hl-code">
</span><span class="hl-var">$ab1plot</span><span class="hl-code"> = </span><span class="hl-reserved">new</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-identifier">AccBarPlot</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-reserved">array</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-var">$b1plot</span><span class="hl-code"> , </span><span class="hl-var">$b2plot</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-var">$ab2plot</span><span class="hl-code"> = </span><span class="hl-reserved">new</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-identifier">AccBarPlot</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-reserved">array</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-var">$b3plot</span><span class="hl-code"> , </span><span class="hl-var">$b4plot</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-comment">//</span><span class="hl-comment"> Create the grouped bar plot</span><span class="hl-comment"></span><span class="hl-code">
</span><span class="hl-var">$gbplot</span><span class="hl-code"> = </span><span class="hl-reserved">new</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-identifier">GroupBarPlot</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-reserved">array</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-var">$ab1plot</span><span class="hl-code"> , </span><span class="hl-var">$ab2plot</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
</span><span class="hl-comment">//</span><span class="hl-comment"> Add the combination to the graph</span><span class="hl-comment"></span><span class="hl-code">
</span><span class="hl-var">$graph</span><span class="hl-code">-></span><span class="hl-identifier">Add</span><span class="hl-brackets">(</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-var">$gbplot</span><span class="hl-code"> </span><span class="hl-brackets">)</span><span class="hl-code">;
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</p>
<p>An example of this is shown in <a class="xref" href="ch15s02.html#fig.example24" title="Figure 15.43. A grouped accumulated bar graph (example24.php)">Figure 15.43. A grouped accumulated bar graph <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/example24.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">example24.php</code>)</a></code> </a>
below</p>
<p>
</p><div class="figure"><a name="fig.example24"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 15.43. A grouped accumulated bar graph <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/example24.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">example24.php</code>)</a></code> </b></p><div class="figure-contents"> <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/example24.png" alt="A grouped accumulated bar graph (example24.php)"></span> </div></div><p><br class="figure-break">
</p>
</div>
<div class="sect2" title="Horizontal bar graphs"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2559425"></a>Horizontal bar graphs</h3></div></div></div>
<p>If a large number of values to needs to be display in a bar graph it is often
better to rotated the bar graph 90 degree so that the bars are horizontal
instead. There is no special graph type for this so this is achieved by rotating
a standard vertical bar graph 90 degrees, usually with a call to</p>
<p>
</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem">
<p><code class="code">Graph::Set90AndMargin()</code></p>
</li></ul></div><p>
</p>
<p>The orientation of the labels of the axis will be automatically adjusted for
bar graphs. A basic example is shown in <a class="xref" href="ch15s02.html#fig.horizbarex1" title="Figure 15.44. A basic horizontal bar graph (horizbarex1.php)">Figure 15.44. A basic horizontal bar graph <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/horizbarex1.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">horizbarex1.php</code>)</a></code> </a>
below</p>
<p>
</p><div class="figure"><a name="fig.horizbarex1"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 15.44. A basic horizontal bar graph <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/horizbarex1.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">horizbarex1.php</code>)</a></code> </b></p><div class="figure-contents"> <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/horizbarex1.png" alt="A basic horizontal bar graph (horizbarex1.php)"></span> </div></div><p><br class="figure-break">
</p>
<p>The example in <a class="xref" href="ch15s02.html#fig.horizbarex4" title="Figure 15.45. Using multiple line labels in a horizontal bar graph (horizbarex4.php)">Figure 15.45. Using multiple line labels in a horizontal bar graph <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/horizbarex4.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">horizbarex4.php</code>)</a></code> </a>shows how to use multiple
lines as labels. </p>
<p>
</p><div class="caution" title="Caution" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Caution</h3>
<p>Note that we have to use quotation marks (") and not hyphens (') in
text string where we want to embed a newline character, i.e. "\n"</p>
</div><p>
</p>
<p>
</p><div class="figure"><a name="fig.horizbarex4"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 15.45. Using multiple line labels in a horizontal bar graph <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/horizbarex4.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">horizbarex4.php</code>)</a></code> </b></p><div class="figure-contents"> <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/horizbarex4.png" alt="Using multiple line labels in a horizontal bar graph (horizbarex4.php)"></span> </div></div><p><br class="figure-break">
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</div>
<div class="sect2" title="Adjusting the appearance of bar graphs"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="id2559503"></a>Adjusting the appearance of bar graphs</h3></div></div></div>
<p></p>
<div class="sect3" title="Adjusting the width and colors"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2559576"></a>Adjusting the width and colors</h4></div></div></div>
<p>The width of each individual bar can be specified in either an absolute
pixel size or as a fraction of the width between the major tick marks. The
method used for this is</p>
<p>
</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem">
<p><code class="code">BarPlot::SetWidth($aWidth)</code></p>
<p>If <code class="code">$aWidth</code> is an integer > 1 then it is
interpretated as an absolute width in pixels. If it is a
floating point number in the range [0,1] it will be
interpretated as a fraction of the width between the tick
marks.</p>
</li></ul></div><p>
</p>
<p></p>
</div>
<div class="sect3" title="Using gradient fill"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2559620"></a>Using gradient fill</h4></div></div></div>
<p>It is possible to use color gradient fill for the individual bars in the
bar graph.</p>
<p>Color gradient fill fills a rectangle with a smooth transition between two
colors. In what direction the transition goes (from left to right, down and
up, from the middle and out etc) is determined by the style of the gradient
fill. The library currently supports 8 different styles. All supported
styles are displayed in <a class="xref" href="ch15s02.html#fig.bar-grad-fills" title="Figure 15.46. Supported gradient fills for bar plots">Figure 15.46. Supported gradient fills for bar plots</a>
below.</p>
<p>
</p><div class="figure"><a name="fig.bar-grad-fills"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 15.46. Supported gradient fills for bar plots</b></p><div class="figure-contents">
<div class="informaltable">
<table border="0"><colgroup><col class="c1"><col class="c2"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>
<div class="figure"><a name="fig.bargradsmallex1"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 15.47. GRAD_MIDVER <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/bargradsmallex1.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">bargradsmallex1.php</code>)</a></code> </b></p><div class="figure-contents"> <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/bargradsmallex1.png" alt="Supported gradient fills for bar plots"></span> </div></div><br class="figure-break">
</td><td>
<div class="figure"><a name="fig.bargradsmallex2"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 15.48. GRAD_MIDHOR <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/bargradsmallex2.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">bargradsmallex2.php</code>)</a></code> </b></p><div class="figure-contents"> <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/bargradsmallex2.png" alt="Supported gradient fills for bar plots"></span> </div></div><br class="figure-break">
</td></tr><tr><td>
<div class="figure"><a name="fig.bargradsmallex3"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 15.49. GRAD_HOR <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/bargradsmallex3.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">bargradsmallex3.php</code>)</a></code> </b></p><div class="figure-contents"> <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/bargradsmallex3.png" alt="Supported gradient fills for bar plots"></span> </div></div><br class="figure-break">
</td><td>
<div class="figure"><a name="fig.bargradsmallex4"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 15.50. GRAD_VER <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/bargradsmallex4.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">bargradsmallex4.php</code>)</a></code> </b></p><div class="figure-contents"> <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/bargradsmallex4.png" alt="Supported gradient fills for bar plots"></span> </div></div><br class="figure-break">
</td></tr><tr><td>
<div class="figure"><a name="fig.bargradsmallex5"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 15.51. GRAD_WIDE_MIDVER <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/bargradsmallex5.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">bargradsmallex5.php</code>)</a></code> </b></p><div class="figure-contents"> <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/bargradsmallex5.png" alt="Supported gradient fills for bar plots"></span> </div></div><br class="figure-break">
</td><td>
<div class="figure"><a name="fig.bargradsmallex6"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 15.52. GRAD_WIDE_MIDHOR <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/bargradsmallex6.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">bargradsmallex6.php</code>)</a></code> </b></p><div class="figure-contents"> <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/bargradsmallex6.png" alt="Supported gradient fills for bar plots"></span> </div></div><br class="figure-break">
</td></tr><tr><td>
<div class="figure"><a name="fig.bargradsmallex7"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 15.53. GRAD_CENTER <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/bargradsmallex7.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">bargradsmallex7.php</code>)</a></code> </b></p><div class="figure-contents"> <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/bargradsmallex7.png" alt="Supported gradient fills for bar plots"></span> </div></div><br class="figure-break">
</td><td>
<div class="figure"><a name="fig.bargradsmallex8"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 15.54. GRAD_RAISED_PANEL <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/bargradsmallex8.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">bargradsmallex8.php</code>)</a></code> </b></p><div class="figure-contents"> <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/bargradsmallex8.png" alt="Supported gradient fills for bar plots"></span> </div></div><br class="figure-break">
</td></tr></tbody></table>
</div>
</div></div><p><br class="figure-break">
</p>
<p>To specify a gradient fill for the bar plots you make use of the method
<code class="code">BarPlot::SetFillGradient()</code> . See the class reference for
details of this function.</p>
<p>
</p><div class="caution" title="Caution" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><h3 class="title">Caution</h3>
<p>Gradient filling is computational expensive. Large plots with
gradient fill will take in the order of 6 times longer to fill then
for a normal one-color fill. This might to some extent be helped by
making use of the cache feature of JpGraph so that the graph is only
generated a few times.</p>
</div><p>
</p>
<p> As a final example we show an horizontal bar graph with gradient fill on
both the background and the bars in <a class="xref" href="ch15s02.html#fig.horizbarex6" title="Figure 15.55. Horizontal bar graph with gradient fill (horizbarex6.php)">Figure 15.55. Horizontal bar graph with gradient fill <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/horizbarex6.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">horizbarex6.php</code>)</a></code> </a>
</p>
<p>
</p><div class="figure"><a name="fig.horizbarex6"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 15.55. Horizontal bar graph with gradient fill <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/horizbarex6.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">horizbarex6.php</code>)</a></code> </b></p><div class="figure-contents"> <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/horizbarex6.png" alt="Horizontal bar graph with gradient fill (horizbarex6.php)"></span> </div></div><p><br class="figure-break">
</p>
</div>
<div class="sect3" title="Using pattern fills"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2560074"></a>Using pattern fills</h4></div></div></div>
<p>As an alternative to solid and gradient fill the bars can also have a
number of patterns. This is useful for the case where black and white copies
needs to be printed. The library supports the following nine different
patterns as shown in <a class="xref" href="ch15s02.html#fig.barplot-patterns" title="Figure 15.56. Supported pattern fills for bar plots">Figure 15.56. Supported pattern fills for bar plots</a></p>
<p>
</p><div class="figure"><a name="fig.barplot-patterns"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 15.56. Supported pattern fills for bar plots</b></p><div class="figure-contents">
<div class="informaltable">
<table border="0"><colgroup><col class="c1"><col class="c2"><col class="c3"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>
<p><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/bar_pattern1.png" alt="Supported pattern fills for bar plots"></span></p>
</td><td>
<p><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/bar_pattern2.png" alt="Supported pattern fills for bar plots"></span></p>
</td><td>
<p><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/bar_pattern3.png" alt="Supported pattern fills for bar plots"></span></p>
</td></tr><tr><td>
<p><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/bar_pattern4.png" alt="Supported pattern fills for bar plots"></span></p>
</td><td>
<p><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/bar_pattern5.png" alt="Supported pattern fills for bar plots"></span></p>
</td><td>
<p><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/bar_pattern6.png" alt="Supported pattern fills for bar plots"></span></p>
</td></tr><tr><td>
<p><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/bar_pattern7.png" alt="Supported pattern fills for bar plots"></span></p>
</td><td>
<p><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/bar_pattern8.png" alt="Supported pattern fills for bar plots"></span></p>
</td><td>
<p><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/bar_pattern9.png" alt="Supported pattern fills for bar plots"></span></p>
</td></tr></tbody></table>
</div>
</div></div><p><br class="figure-break">
</p>
<p>To specify a pattern to be used the following method is used</p>
<p>
</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem">
<p><code class="code">BarPlot::SetPattern($aPattern,$aColor='black')</code></p>
<p><code class="code">$aPattern</code> is one of the symbolic names as shown
in <a class="xref" href="ch15s02.html#fig.barplot-patterns" title="Figure 15.56. Supported pattern fills for bar plots">Figure 15.56. Supported pattern fills for bar plots</a> If
<code class="code">$aPattern</code> is an array then each specified
pattern will be used successively for each individual bar. If
there are more bars then pattern specified then pattern used
will be wrapped around.</p>
</li></ul></div><p>
</p>
</div>
<div class="sect3" title="Displaying and formatting the value of the bar"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2560338"></a>Displaying and formatting the value of the bar</h4></div></div></div>
<p>In the same way as values could be displayed on line plots they can also
be displayed on bar graphs. The formatting options for bar graphs, apart
from the basic font,color and angle, also allows the specification on where
on the bar the values should be displayed. This can be</p>
<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem">
<p>at the bottom of the bar, "<code class="code">bottom</code>"</p>
</li><li class="listitem">
<p>at the middle of the bar, "<code class="code">middle</code>"</p>
</li><li class="listitem">
<p>at the maximum value (but still inside the bar).
"<code class="code">max</code>"</p>
</li><li class="listitem">
<p>at the top of the bar (outside the bar),
"<code class="code">top</code>"</p>
</li></ul></div><p>The position is adjusted with a call to</p>
<p>
</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem">
<p><code class="code">BarPlot::SetValuePos($aPos)</code></p>
</li></ul></div><p>
</p>
<p>using one of the above strings as value.</p>
<p>The value of the bar is enabled and controlled by accessing the "value"
property of the bar plot. The following line will enable the value (this is
done in exactly the same way as for line plots)</p>
<p>
</p><div class="hl-main"><table class="hl-table" width="100%"><tr><td class="hl-gutter" align="right" valign="top"><pre>1
</pre></td><td class="hl-main" valign="top"><pre><span class="hl-code">$barplot->value->Show();</span></pre></td></tr></table></div><p>
</p>
<p>By default the value is displayed at the top of the bar. In the same way
as for line plot it is possible to adjust the formatting of the data labels
by both using a format callback function as well as statically adjusting the
format, for example the angle of the label.</p>
<p>
</p><div class="hl-main"><table class="hl-table" width="100%"><tr><td class="hl-gutter" align="right" valign="top"><pre>1
2
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</pre></td><td class="hl-main" valign="top"><pre><span class="hl-code">// Callback function
function separator1000_usd($aVal) {
return '$'.number_format($aVal);
}
// Must use TTF fonts if we want text at an arbitrary angle
$bplot->value->SetFont(FF_ARIAL,FS_BOLD);
$bplot->value->SetAngle(45);
$bplot->value->SetFormatCallback('separator1000_usd');
// Black color for positive values and darkred for negative values
$bplot->value->SetColor('black','darkred');
$graph->Add($bplot);</span></pre></td></tr></table></div><p>
</p>
<p>There is one thing to take notice of here. The color of the label can be
different depending on whether the bar has a positive or a negative
value.</p>
<p>An example of using these formatting options for a bar graph is shown in
<a class="xref" href="ch15s02.html#fig.barscalecallbackex1" title="Figure 15.57. Using a callback to format the labels on a bar (barscalecallbackex1.php)">Figure 15.57. Using a callback to format the labels on a bar <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/barscalecallbackex1.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">barscalecallbackex1.php</code>)</a></code> </a></p>
<p>
</p><div class="figure"><a name="fig.barscalecallbackex1"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure 15.57. Using a callback to format the labels on a bar <code class="uri"><a class="uri" href="example_src/barscalecallbackex1.html" target="_top">(<code class="filename">barscalecallbackex1.php</code>)</a></code> </b></p><div class="figure-contents"> <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/barscalecallbackex1.png" alt="Using a callback to format the labels on a bar (barscalecallbackex1.php)"></span> </div></div><p><br class="figure-break">
</p>
</div>
<div class="sect3" title="Adding a drop shadow to the bars"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h4 class="title"><a name="id2560460"></a>Adding a drop shadow to the bars</h4></div></div></div>
<p>Each bar can also have a drop shadow. This is enabled by calling</p>
<p>
</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem">
<p><code class="code">BarPlot::SetShadow($aColor="black",$aHSize=3,$aVSize=3,$aShow=true)</code></p>
<p><code class="code">$aColor</code>, The color of the drop shadow</p>
<p><code class="code">$aHSize</code>, Horizontal size of the shadow</p>
<p><code class="code">$aVSize</code>, Vertical size of the shadow</p>
<p><code class="code">$aShow</code>, <code class="code">true</code> = enable the
shadow</p>
</li></ul></div><p>
</p>
</div>
</div>
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