NAME

Image::Magick::Chart::HorizontalBars - Use Image::Magick to create charts.

Synopsis

        #!/usr/bin/env perl

        use Image::Magick::Chart::HorizontalBars;

        Image::Magick::Chart::HorizontalBars -> new
        (
                antialias            => 0, # 0 => No antialias; 1 => Antialias.
                bar_width            => 8, # Pixels.
                bg_color             => 'white',
                colorspace           => 'RGB',
                depth                => 8, # Bits per channel.
                fg_color             => 'blue',
                font                 => 'Courier',
                frame_color          => 'black',
                frame_option         => 1, # 0 => None; 1 => Draw it.
                height               => 0,
                image                => '',
                output_file_name     => 'image-1.png',
                padding              => [30, 30, 30, 30], # [12 noon, 3, 6, 9].
                pointsize            => 14, # Points.
                tick_length          => 4,  # Pixels.
                title                => 'Percent (%)',
                width                => 0,
                x_axis_data          => [0, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100],
                x_axis_labels        => [0, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100],
                x_axis_labels_option => 1, # 0 => None; 1 => Draw them.
                x_axis_ticks_option  => 2, # 0 => None; 1 => Below x-axis; 2 => Across frame.
                x_data               => [15, 5, 70, 25, 45, 20, 65],
                x_data_option        => 1,
                x_pixels_per_unit    => 3, # Horizontal width of each data unit.
                y_axis_data          => [1 .. 7, 8], # 7 data points, plus 1 to make image pretty.
                y_axis_labels        => [(map{"($_)"} reverse (1 .. 7) ), ''],
                y_axis_labels_option => 1, # 0 => None; 1 => Draw them.
                y_axis_ticks_option  => 1, # 0 => None; 1 => Left of y-axis; 2 => Across frame.
                y_pixels_per_unit    => 20,
        ) -> draw();

This code is part of examples/test-chart.pl.

Note: You do not need to specify all the options above, of course, but only those you wish to differ from the defaults. I have included all options in examples/test-chart.pl just to save you the effort of having to type them in.

Description

Image::Magick::Chart::HorizontalBars is a pure Perl module.

This module uses Image::Magick to create simple charts (images consisting of horizontal bars) with optional axes, axis labels, etc.

See examples/image-*.png for sample output, and examples/test-chart.pl for the program which created those samples.

See the docs for Image::Magick::Chart for details.

Distributions

This module is available both as a Unix-style distro (*.tgz) and an ActiveState-style distro (*.ppd). The latter is shipped in a *.zip file.

See http://savage.net.au/Perl-modules.html for details.

See http://savage.net.au/Perl-modules/html/installing-a-module.html for help on unpacking and installing each type of distro.

Constructor and initialization

new(...) returns a Image::Magick::Chart::HorizontalBars object.

This is the class contructor.

Usage: Image::Magick::Chart::HorizontalBars -> new().

This method takes a set of parameters.

For each parameter you wish to use, call new as new(param_1 => value_1, ...).

Any parameter which is supported by the parent class, Image::Magick::Chart, can be used in the call the new() in this class. So, see the docs for Image::Magick::Chart.

Methods

draw()

Output the chart.

new(...)

Returns a object of type Image::Magick::Chart::HorizontalBars.

See above, in the section called 'Constructor and initialization' for details.

Machine-Readable Change Log

The file Changes was converted into Changelog.ini by Module::Metadata::Changes.

Version Numbers

Version numbers < 1.00 represent development versions. From 1.00 up, they are production versions.

Repository

https://github.com/ronsavage/Image-Magick-Chart

Support

Email the author, or log a bug on RT:

https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Image-Magick-Chart.

Author

Image::Magick::Chart::HorizontalBars was written by Ron Savage <ron@savage.net.au> in 2005.

Homepage

Copyright

Australian copyright (c) 2005, Ron Savage. All Programs of mine are 'OSI Certified Open Source Software'; you can redistribute them and/or modify them under the terms of The Perl License, a copy of which is available at: http://dev.perl.org/licenses/