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NAME

Excel::Writer::XLSX::CDF - Generates Excel Document with Continuous Distribution Function Chart

SYNOPSIS

  use Excel::Writer::XLSX::CDF;
  my $writer   = Excel::Writer::XLSX::CDF->new(
                                               chart_title      => "My Title",
                                               group_names_sort => 1,
                                              );
  my @data     = (
                  [group_name_A => 0.11], #group name is used to lable the chart series
                  [group_name_A => 0.21],
                  [group_name_A => 0.31],
                  [group_name_A => 0.41],
                  [group_name_B => 0.07],
                  [group_name_B => 0.13],
                  [group_name_Z => 0.10],
                 );
  my $blob     = $writer->generate(\@data);      #returns Excel File in memory
  my $filename = $writer->generate_file(\@data); #returns Excel File in tmp folder

DESCRIPTION

Generates Excel Document with Continuous Distribution Function Chart from the supplied data.

CONSTRUCTOR

new

  my $writer    = Excel::Writer::XLSX::CDF->new(
                                           chart_title      => "Continuous Distribution Function (CDF)",
                                           chart_y_label    => "Distribution",
                                           chart_x_label    => "", 
                                           group_names_sort => 0,  #default 0 is in order of appearance in data
                                          );

PROPERTIES

chart_title

Set and returns the title of the Excel chart

Default: Continuous Distribution Function (CDF)

chart_y_label

Set and returns the Y axis label of the Excel chart

Default: Distribution

chart_x_label

Set and returns the X axis label of the Excel chart

Default: ""

chart_legend_display

Set and returns the legend display property for the Excel chart

Default: ""

chart_colors

Set and Returns an array reference of Excel color codes to use for each CDF in group order.

Default: ['#FF0000', '#800000', '#FFFF00', '#808000', '#00FF00', '#008000', '#00FFFF', '#008080', '#0000FF', '#000080', '#FF00FF', '#800080']

group_names_sort

Set and returns the alphabetical sort option for the group names. A true value Perl-wise will sort the group names before generating the Excel Workbook and a false value will use the order in which the groups were discovered in the data to generate the group names order.

Default: ""

METHODS

generate

Generates an Excel Workbook in memory and returns the Workbook as a data blob stored in the returned scalar variable.

  my $blob = $writer->generate(\@data);

generate_file

Returns Excel file name in temp folder

  use File::Copy qw{move};
  my $filename = $writer->generate_file(\@data);
  move $filename, '.';

SEE ALSO

Excel::Writer::XLSX

AUTHOR

Michael R. Davis

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2022 Michael R. Davis

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.