Highcharts Basic Area Chart Example

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Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <title>Highcharts Basic Area Chart</title>
    <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js"></script>
    <script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
    <script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/exporting.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $(function () {
            var chartype = {
                type: 'area'
            }
            var chartitle = {
                text: 'US and USSR nuclear stockpiles'
            }
            var chartsubtitle = {
                text: 'Source: <a href="http://thebulletin.metapress.com/content/c4120650912x74k7/fulltext.pdf">' +
                    'thebulletin.metapress.com</a>'
            }
            var chartxaxis = {
                allowDecimals: false,
                labels: {
                    formatter: function () {
                        return this.value; // clean, unformatted number for year
                    }
                }
            }
            var chartyaxis = {
                title: {
                    text: 'Nuclear weapon states'
                },
                labels: {
                    formatter: function () {
                        return this.value / 1000 + 'k';
                    }
                }
            }
            var chartooltip = {
                pointFormat: '{series.name} produced <b>{point.y:,.0f}</b><br/>warheads in {point.x}'
            }
            var chartplotoptions = {
                area: {
                    pointStart: 1940,
                    marker: {
                        enabled: false,
                        symbol: 'circle',
                        radius: 2,
                        states: {
                            hover: {
                                enabled: true
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            var chartseries = [{
                name: 'USA',
                data: [null, null, null, null, null, 6, 11, 32, 110, 235, 369, 640,
                    1005, 1436, 2063, 3057, 4618, 6444, 9822, 15468, 20434, 24126,
                    27387, 29459, 31056, 31982, 32040, 31233, 29224, 27342, 26662,
                    26956, 27912, 28999, 28965, 27826, 25579, 25722, 24826, 24605,
                    24304, 23464, 23708, 24099, 24357, 24237, 24401, 24344, 23586,
                    22380, 21004, 17287, 14747, 13076, 12555, 12144, 11009, 10950,
                    10871, 10824, 10577, 10527, 10475, 10421, 10358, 10295, 10104]
            }, {
                name: 'USSR/Russia',
                data: [null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null,
                    5, 25, 50, 120, 150, 200, 426, 660, 869, 1060, 1605, 2471, 3322,
                    4238, 5221, 6129, 7089, 8339, 9399, 10538, 11643, 13092, 14478,
                    15915, 17385, 19055, 21205, 23044, 25393, 27935, 30062, 32049,
                    33952, 35804, 37431, 39197, 45000, 43000, 41000, 39000, 37000,
                    35000, 33000, 31000, 29000, 27000, 25000, 24000, 23000, 22000,
                    21000, 20000, 19000, 18000, 18000, 17000, 16000]
            }]
            $('#container').highcharts({
                chart:chartype,
                title: chartitle,
                subtitle: chartsubtitle,
                xAxis:chartxaxis,
                yAxis: chartyaxis,
                tooltip: chartooltip,
                plotOptions: chartplotoptions,
                series: chartseries
            });
        });
    </script>
 
</head>
<body>
    <div id="container" style="min-width: 310px; height: 400px; margin: 0 auto"></div>
</body>
</html>

Highcharts Basic Area Chart Example

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