WJG 2006-05-15: More cheap and cheerful stuff. Creating a histogram from a simple list. Some output would be useful, obviously to PS, but perhaps as a windows WMF.
#--------------- # histogram.tcl # # place histogram into canvas #--------------- # TITLE # +----------------+ # | V | # | +---+ | # | V | | | # | +---+ | | | # | | | | | | # +--+---+--+---+--+ # L L # SERIES #--------------- # courtesy of Spephane Arnould #--------------- proc coordy {cvpath coord} { incr coord 0; # check integer type set y [$cvpath cget -height] return [expr {$y-$coord}] } #--------------- # determine canvas centre #--------------- proc centre {cvpath} { set cx [$cvpath cget -width] return [expr {$cx /2}] } #--------------- # render histogram # # path path of canvas widget into which the chart is rendered # tag assign a custom tag to all items, it may be useful later # data the data series to display # width, height overall width/height of the graphing area # x, y offsets in the canvas, from the bottom left corner # t1, t2 top/bottom chart titles # #--------------- proc histogram {path tag data width height x y t1 t2} { # determine how items in the set set i [expr [llength $data] / 2] # determine spacing between each bar set dw [expr $width / $i] # set bar width as 80% of separation +--|--+ set bw [expr $dw * 4 / 10] set di [expr $x + 25] # draw grid # calculate size of table set s [expr $i * $dw] $path create rectangle \ [expr $di - $dw] [coordy $path $y] \ [expr $di + $width] [coordy $path [expr $height + $y]] \ -tags $tag # determine scale to fit factor set j 0 foreach {a b} $data { if {$b > $j} {set j $b} } # Patched by paskali, solved division by zero error # # make largest item 90% of height, determine scale factor if {[catch {set sf [expr ($height * 90 /100) /$j]}]} { set sf 0 } # initialize block co-ordinates set cx(1) 0 ; set cy(1) 0 set cx(2) 0 ; set cy(2) 0 foreach {a b} $data { # bar set cx(1) [expr $di - $bw] set cy(1) [coordy $path $y] set cx(2) [expr $di + $bw] set cy(2) [coordy $path [expr $y + ($sf * $b)]] # label set cy(3) [coordy $path [expr $y -10]] # value set cy(4) [coordy $path [expr $y +($sf * $b)+10]] # sample $path create text \ $di $cy(3) \ -text $a \ -tags $tag $path create rectangle \ $cx(1) $cy(1) \ $cx(2) $cy(2) \ -fill yellow \ -outline black \ -tags $tag # value $path create text \ $di $cy(4) \ -text $b \ -tags $tag incr di $dw } # add top title $path create text \ [expr $x + [centre $path]] [coordy $path [expr $height + 30 ]] \ -text $t1 \ -tags $tag # add bottom title $path create text \ [expr $x + [centre $path]] [coordy $path [expr $y - 30 ]] \ -text $t2 \ -tags $tag } #--------------- # demo block #--------------- console show pack [canvas .hist -width 500 -height 400 -bg white] -fill both set data {ch1 10 ch2 10 ch3 20 ch4 30 ch5 50 ch6 40 ch7 60 ch8 30 ch9 20 ch10 40 ch11 10 ch12 5} histogram .hist \ sarv \ $data \ 500 300 \ 50 50 \ {Occurrence of the term 'Sarvajna'} \ {T224 Chapter}