Th only problem is that I am going to need to create different dataset and graph them on the fly. Writing files out and then shelling doesn't quite sound like the most efficient way of doing things. Or am I missing things?
Basically I will have a HUGE collection of data to pull from, then viewers will select what of that data they want plotted. Then my app should plot it. Make sense? It's seeming kind of like I will need to try a few of these to see what will work. Do you all agree that starting with GD::Graph is probably the best way to start? Thanks everyone. I reallly appreciate this help. I have a feeling this is going to be one of the largest/trickiest apps I've had to create. --Alex On 12/6/05, Ronald J Kimball <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 09:35:18AM -0500, Geoff Rowell wrote: > > Alex Brelsfoard wrote: > > > > > > I've got a project coming up that's going to need me to make > graphs. > > > I > > > do not yet know what kind of graph (dot, line, bar, etc.). But I am > told > > > that it needs to be pretty (and probably with multiple colors). The > data > > > needing to be displayed will be anywhere from 5 points, to many > thousands > > > of > > > points. There will be some times where I will need to have multiple > > > datasets (separated by color) set on the same graph, one over the > next. > > > I was thinking of a brute-force way of doing this with associative > > > arrays. But I was wondering if you all had any better > suggestions. Are > > > there any good, friendly, tested modules for this sort of thing? Is > this > > > a > > > time for Perl tk? Would this be better off in Java? > > > > > I usually create data files and shell out to GnuPlot. > > That's also what I do for one of my projects. I tried GD::Graph and > Chart::Graph::Gnuplot and wasn't happy with either. > > GD::Graph only allows you to graph two datasets when using two y axes. > Chart::Graph::Gnuplot, which is a wrapper around gnuplot, has an unwieldy > interface and makes it difficult to use some features of gnuplot. > > Ronald > _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
