#!/usr/bin/perl -w ############################################################################### # # A simple demo of Column charts in Spreadsheet::WriteExcel. # # reverse('©'), December 2009, John McNamara, jmcnamara@cpan.org # use strict; use Spreadsheet::WriteExcel; my $workbook = Spreadsheet::WriteExcel->new( 'chart_column.xls' ); my $worksheet = $workbook->add_worksheet(); my $bold = $workbook->add_format( bold => 1 ); # Add the worksheet data that the charts will refer to. my $headings = [ 'Category', 'Values 1', 'Values 2' ]; my $data = [ [ 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ], [ 1, 4, 5, 2, 1, 5 ], [ 3, 6, 7, 5, 4, 3 ], ]; $worksheet->write( 'A1', $headings, $bold ); $worksheet->write( 'A2', $data ); ############################################################################### # # Example 1. A minimal chart. # my $chart1 = $workbook->add_chart( type => 'column' ); # Add values only. Use the default categories. $chart1->add_series( values => '=Sheet1!$B$2:$B$7' ); ############################################################################### # # Example 2. A minimal chart with user specified categories (X axis) # and a series name. # my $chart2 = $workbook->add_chart( type => 'column' ); # Configure the series. $chart2->add_series( categories => '=Sheet1!$A$2:$A$7', values => '=Sheet1!$B$2:$B$7', name => 'Test data series 1', ); ############################################################################### # # Example 3. Same as previous chart but with added title and axes labels. # my $chart3 = $workbook->add_chart( type => 'column' ); # Configure the series. $chart3->add_series( categories => '=Sheet1!$A$2:$A$7', values => '=Sheet1!$B$2:$B$7', name => 'Test data series 1', ); # Add some labels. $chart3->set_title( name => 'Results of sample analysis' ); $chart3->set_x_axis( name => 'Sample number' ); $chart3->set_y_axis( name => 'Sample length (cm)' ); ############################################################################### # # Example 4. Same as previous chart but with an added series and with a # user specified chart sheet name. # my $chart4 = $workbook->add_chart( name => 'Results Chart', type => 'column' ); # Configure the series. $chart4->add_series( categories => '=Sheet1!$A$2:$A$7', values => '=Sheet1!$B$2:$B$7', name => 'Test data series 1', ); # Add another series. $chart4->add_series( categories => '=Sheet1!$A$2:$A$7', values => '=Sheet1!$C$2:$C$7', name => 'Test data series 2', ); # Add some labels. $chart4->set_title( name => 'Results of sample analysis' ); $chart4->set_x_axis( name => 'Sample number' ); $chart4->set_y_axis( name => 'Sample length (cm)' ); ############################################################################### # # Example 5. Same as Example 3 but as an embedded chart. # my $chart5 = $workbook->add_chart( type => 'column', embedded => 1 ); # Configure the series. $chart5->add_series( categories => '=Sheet1!$A$2:$A$7', values => '=Sheet1!$B$2:$B$7', name => 'Test data series 1', ); # Add some labels. $chart5->set_title( name => 'Results of sample analysis' ); $chart5->set_x_axis( name => 'Sample number' ); $chart5->set_y_axis( name => 'Sample length (cm)' ); # Insert the chart into the main worksheet. $worksheet->insert_chart( 'E2', $chart5 ); __END__