Highcharts Basic Bar 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: 'bar'
            }
            var chartitle = {
                text: 'Historic World Population by Region'
            }
            var chartsubtitle = {
                text: 'Source: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population">Wikipedia.org</a>'
            }
            var chartxaxis = {
                categories: ['Africa', 'America', 'Asia', 'Europe', 'Oceania'],
                title: {
                    text: null
                }
            }
            var chartyaxis = {
                min: 0,
                title: {
                    text: 'Population (millions)',
                    align: 'high'
                },
                labels: {
                    overflow: 'justify'
                }
            }
            var chartooltip = {
                valueSuffix: ' millions'
            }
            var chartplotoptions = {
                bar: {
                    dataLabels: {
                        enabled: true
                    }
                }
            }
            var chartlegend = {
                layout: 'vertical',
                align: 'right',
                verticalAlign: 'top',
                x: -40,
                y: 80,
                floating: true,
                borderWidth: 1,
                backgroundColor: ((Highcharts.theme && Highcharts.theme.legendBackgroundColor) || '#FFFFFF'),
                shadow: true
            }
            var chartcredits = {
                enabled: false
            }
            var chartseries = [{
                name: 'Year 1800',
                data: [107, 31, 635, 203, 2]
            }, {
                name: 'Year 1900',
                data: [133, 156, 947, 408, 6]
            }, {
                name: 'Year 2012',
                data: [1052, 954, 4250, 740, 38]
            }]
            $('#container').highcharts({
                chart:chartype,
                title: chartitle,
                subtitle: chartsubtitle,
                xAxis:chartxaxis,
                yAxis: chartyaxis,
                tooltip: chartooltip,
                plotOptions: chartplotoptions,
                legend:chartlegend,
                credits:chartcredits,
                series: chartseries
            });
        });
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <div id="container" style="min-width: 310px; height: 400px; margin: 0 auto"></div>
</body>
</html>

Highcharts Basic Bar Chart Example

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