Graph.pm

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This module currently exports only one procedure. It is used to create a graphic using a data hash. The resulting graph is fairly simple. GD.pm is a prerequisite for this module.

Plot

This function takes a dataset and plots it into a graph. The resulting graph is written to a file. Output format is png.

Synopsis: plot ( data => \%data, dimension => \@xyPair, offset => $offset, filename => $name, format => $format );

Parameters:

data
the dataset as a hash reference. Keys are the x-values, mapped values are the y-values.
dimension
reference to array containing width and height of the resulting image, in pixels. Defaults to 640 X 320 px.
offset
The white space between the edge of the image and the axis.Defaults to 25.
filename
The name of the file to which the image is written. Defaults to STDOUT.
format
the output format of the generated image. Available formats are: png, jpg and gif. Defaults to png.