Well truth be told, we won't really be making histograms with this recipe but mostly bar charts in the style of histograms. Histograms are very rigid in their nature and follow really specific mathematical functions to represent frequency and density. You can read more on histograms on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histogram. What we are going to do here is build a histogram styled bar chart (no space between the bars) that uses a function as input. You can think of this as a different way to do an area chart or a line chart.
ActionScript Graphing Cookbook
ActionScript Graphing Cookbook
Overview of this book
"A picture is worth a thousand words" has never been more true than when representing large sets of data. Bar charts, heat maps, cartograms, and many more have become important tools in applications and presentations to quickly give insight into complicated issues.The "ActionScript Graphing Cookbook" shows you how to add your own charts to any ActionScript program. The recipes give step-by-step instructions on how to process the input data, how to create various types of charts and how to make them interactive for even more user engagement.Starting with basic ActionScript knowledge, you will learn how to develop many different types of charts.First learn how to import your data, from Excel, web services and more. Next process the data and make it ready for graphical display. Pick one of the many graph options available as the book guides you through ActionScript's drawing functions. And when you're ready for it, branch out into 3D display.The recipes in the "ActionScript Graphing Cookbook" will gradually introduce you into the world of visualization.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
ActionScript Graphing Cookbook
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
Getting Started with Graph Drawing
Working with Data
Creating Bar Charts
Drawing Different Types of Graphs
Adding Interaction
Mapping Geographical and Spatial Data
Animating a Graph
Creating a Relational Network
Creating Three-Dimensional Graphs
Working with Various 3D Graph Types
Index
Customer Reviews