JKQtPlotter/examples/simpletest/jkqtplotter_simpletest.cpp

/** \example jkqtplotter_simpletest.cpp
 * A very basic example for the usage of JKQtPlotter
 *
 * \ref JKQTPlotterSimpleTest
 */
 
#include <QApplication>
#include "jkqtplotter/jkqtplotter.h"
#include "jkqtplotter/jkqtpgraphs.h"


int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    QApplication app(argc, argv);

    // 1. create a plotter window and get a pointer to the internal datastore (for convenience)
    JKQtPlotter plot;
    JKQTPdatastore* ds=plot.getDatastore();

    // 2. now we create data for a simple plot (a sine curve)
    QVector<double> X, Y;
    const int Ndata=100;
    for (int i=0; i<Ndata; i++) {
        const double x=double(i)/double(Ndata)*8.0*M_PI;
        X<<x;
        Y<<sin(x);
    }

    // 3. make data available to JKQtPlotter by adding it to the internal datastore.
    //    Note: In this step the data is copied (of not specified otherwise), so you can
    //          reuse X and Y afterwards!
    //    the variables columnX and columnY will contain the internal column ID of the newly
    //    created columns with names "x" and "y" and the (copied) data from X and Y.
    size_t columnX=ds->addCopiedColumn(X, "x");
    size_t columnY=ds->addCopiedColumn(Y, "y");

    // 4. create a graph in the plot, which plots the dataset X/Y:
    JKQTPxyLineGraph* graph1=new JKQTPxyLineGraph(&plot);
    graph1->set_xColumn(columnX);
    graph1->set_yColumn(columnY);
    graph1->set_title(QObject::tr("sine graph"));

    // 5. add the graph to the plot, so it is actually displayed
    plot.addGraph(graph1);

    // 6. autoscale the plot so the graph is contained
    plot.zoomToFit();

    // show plotter and make it a decent size
    plot.show();
    plot.resize(600,400);

    return app.exec();
}