JKQtPlotter/examples/scatter/README.md

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# Example (JKQTPlotter): Very simple scatter-graph {#JKQTPlotterscatter}
This project (see `./examples/scatter/`) simply creates a JKQTPlotter widget (as a new window) and adds a single scatter graph of type JKQTPXYScatterGraph (a sine-wave with noise).
The source code of the example can be found in [`jkqtplotter_scatter.cpp`](https://github.com/jkriege2/JKQtPlotter/tree/master/examples/scatter/scatter.cpp).
First we create a plotter window and get a pointer to the internal datastore (for convenience):
```.cpp
JKQTPlotter plot;
JKQTPDatastore* ds=plot.getDatastore();
```
Now we add two columns to the JKQTPDatastore and obtain back-inserter iterators for these:
```.cpp
size_t columnX=ds->addColumn("x");
auto colXInserter=ds->backInserter(columnX);
size_t columnY=ds->addColumn("y");
auto colYInserter=ds->backInserter(columnY);
```
Now we create data for a simple plot (a sine curve with random noise):
```.cpp
std::default_random_engine generator;
std::normal_distribution<double> distribution(0,0.5);
const int Ndata=100;
for (int i=0; i<Ndata; i++) {
// put data
const double x=double(i)/double(Ndata)*8.0*JKQTPSTATISTICS_PI;
*colXInserter=x;
*colYInserter=sin(x)+distribution(generator);
// advance back-inserters
colXInserter++;
colYInserter++;
}
```
Here we create a graph in the plot, which plots the dataset X/Y:
```.cpp
JKQTPXYScatterGraph* graph1=new JKQTPXYScatterGraph(&plot);
graph1->setXColumn(columnX);
graph1->setYColumn(columnY);
graph1->setTitle(QObject::tr("sine graph"));
```
Now we add the graph to the plot, so it is actually displayed:
```.cpp
plot.addGraph(graph1);
```
Finally we autoscale the plot so the graph is contained:
```.cpp
plot.zoomToFit();
```
The result looks like this:
![jkqtplotter_scatter](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jkriege2/JKQtPlotter/master/screenshots/scatter.png)