Help with histograms

[Patrik]

Hi, I need to plot a histogram but I do not know how. Documentation was not helpful enough. Here is my code

void Plot(QwtPlot *plt)
{
	plt->setTitle(dataName);
	plt->setAxisTitle(QwtPlot::xBottom, "Label");
	plt->setAxisTitle(QwtPlot::yLeft, "Values");
	QwtPlotHistogram *hist = new QwtPlotHistogram("blabla");
	QVector<QwtIntervalSample> data;
	data.append(QwtIntervalSample(1,0,4));
	data.append(QwtIntervalSample(3,0,7));
	hist->setSamples(data);
	hist->attach(plt);
}

void Plot(QwtPlot *plt)
{
	plt->setTitle(dataName);
	plt->setAxisTitle(QwtPlot::xBottom, "Label");
	plt->setAxisTitle(QwtPlot::yLeft, "Values");
	QwtPlotHistogram *hist = new QwtPlotHistogram("blabla");
	QVector<QwtIntervalSample> data;
	data.append(QwtIntervalSample(1,0,4));
	data.append(QwtIntervalSample(3,0,7));
	hist->setSamples(data);
	hist->attach(plt);
}

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Basically I want two columns, one labelled "1" ranging from 0 to 4 and one labelled "3" ranging from 0 to 7. Something like this image


Any help is appreciated

[Uwe]

You want to have a bar chart not a histogram !

Unfortunatley Qwt offers no plot item for bar charts ( yet ) so you have to misuse other plot items ( or write your own ). In case of misusing QwtPlotHistogram you would have the following samples for your example:

[0.5-1.5[ -> 3
[2,5-3.5[ -> 7

In some plot items a value is mapped to an interval, in others ( like the histogram ) the interval is mapped to a value. QwtIntervalSample is used for both situations - that's why the order of the parameters is different to what you might expect.

Uwe

PS: You could also try to use QwtPlotCurve in QwtPlotCurve::Sticks style and a fat pen.

[Patrik]

Thanks, I'll try

[Patrik]

I've writter a little class to be used as QwtScaleDraw.

#ifndef _BARCHARTSCALEDRAW_
#define _BARCHARTSCALEDRAW_
#include <QMap>
#include <qwt_scale_draw.h>
 
class BarChartScaleDraw: public QwtScaleDraw
{
	public:
        BarChartScaleDraw(QMap<double,QString> *x) : ids(x) { }
 
		virtual QwtText label(double v) const
		{
			if (ids->contains(v))
				return ids->find(v).value();
			else
				return "";
		}
	private:
        QMap<double,QString> *ids;
};
 
#endif

#ifndef _BARCHARTSCALEDRAW_
#define _BARCHARTSCALEDRAW_
#include <QMap>
#include <qwt_scale_draw.h>

class BarChartScaleDraw: public QwtScaleDraw
{
	public:
        BarChartScaleDraw(QMap<double,QString> *x) : ids(x) { }

		virtual QwtText label(double v) const
		{
			if (ids->contains(v))
				return ids->find(v).value();
			else
				return "";
		}
	private:
        QMap<double,QString> *ids;
};

#endif

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It works but requires manual positioning of the labels.

Now I would like to know how to remove the "notches" from the X axis. Any ideas?

[FelixB]

I'm not sure which "notches" you mean, maybe it's called "ticks" in qwt.

this removes everything:

QwtScaleDraw *sd = myPlot->axisScaleDraw(QwtPlot::xBottom);
sd->enableComponent(QwtAbstractScaleDraw::Labels, false);
sd->enableComponent(QwtAbstractScaleDraw::Ticks, false);
sd->enableComponent(QwtAbstractScaleDraw::Backbone, false);

QwtScaleDraw *sd = myPlot->axisScaleDraw(QwtPlot::xBottom);
sd->enableComponent(QwtAbstractScaleDraw::Labels, false);
sd->enableComponent(QwtAbstractScaleDraw::Ticks, false);
sd->enableComponent(QwtAbstractScaleDraw::Backbone, false);

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if you want to remove just the small ticks, use this:

myPlot->setAxisMaxMinor(QwtPlot::yLeft, 0);

myPlot->setAxisMaxMinor(QwtPlot::yLeft, 0);

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[Patrik]

I'm not sure which "notches" you mean, maybe it's called "ticks" in qwt.

Yes, ticks. Sorry, my bad

this removes everything:

QwtScaleDraw *sd = myPlot->axisScaleDraw(QwtPlot::xBottom);
sd->enableComponent(QwtAbstractScaleDraw::Labels, false);
sd->enableComponent(QwtAbstractScaleDraw::Ticks, false);
sd->enableComponent(QwtAbstractScaleDraw::Backbone, false);

QwtScaleDraw *sd = myPlot->axisScaleDraw(QwtPlot::xBottom);
sd->enableComponent(QwtAbstractScaleDraw::Labels, false);
sd->enableComponent(QwtAbstractScaleDraw::Ticks, false);
sd->enableComponent(QwtAbstractScaleDraw::Backbone, false);

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Thanks, this did it

Now, just one little thing, is it possible to display horizontal reference lines like in the image above?

[FelixB]

yes, thats called a "QwtPlotGrid". you have to "enableX(false)", then only horizontal lines are shown.