ConsoleCharts

Charts to display in your console or terminal. Input an Array with numbers like [1, 4, 11, 3, 9, 0, 2, 5] or objects [{label: "Apples", value: 5}, {label: "Oranges", value: 7}, {label: "Bananas", value: 8}]. Arrays of numbers will be converted into objects with the label of the index + 1.

Please note: ConsoleCharts is not yet finished. This readme describes the features already working. There is more to come.

ConsoleCharts class

class ConsoleCharts (data array)

data array of number values or of objects like {label: "foo", value: 7}

Methods

sort(order string, sortBy string)

• Sorts the array of objects.
• Param order can be set to "ASC" or "DESC". Default "ASC"
• Param sortBy can be set to "label" or "value", so that you can order either by the values or the label. (If number, then numeric. If string, then by the first character.) Default "value"
• return ConsoleCharts

chart(options [optional] object)

• Returns multiline string with a vertical bar chart
• Param options is optional:
  • minHeight default false The smallest value will be displayed starting by one step.
  • pattern default false Every second bar gets a different pattern.
  • spaced default false Space between bars.
  • hideLabels default false Hide / Do not display any labels at the axis.
  • type default "sideways-bar" Defines the barchart type. Possible Values are:
    • sideways-bar (horizontal bars)
    • bar (vertical bars).
    • dot (vertical dot graph) -> no pattern option
• return string

Helper Methods

dataToArray(property [optional] string)

• Converts the data array to a normal array
• To enable reuse of charted data
• Param property is optional. It can be "value" or "label". Default "value"
• return array

Preview

let ch = new ConsoleCharts([1, 4, 11, 3, 9, 0, 2, 5]);
console.log(ch.chart());

 1 │█
 4 │████
11 │███████████
 3 │███
 9 │█████████
 0 │
 2 │██
 5 │█████
   └───────────

let ch = new ConsoleCharts([9, 4, 11, 3, 9, 21, 2, 5]);
console.log(ch.chart({minHeight: true}));

 1 │║████████ 9
 2 │║███ 4
 3 │║██████████ 11
 4 │║██ 3
 5 │║████████ 9
 6 │║████████████████████ 21
 7 │║█ 2
 8 │║████ 5
   └─────────────────────

let ch = new ConsoleCharts([9, 4, 11, 3, 9, 21, 2, 5]);
console.log(ch.chart(minHeight: true, pattern: true));

 1 │║████████ 9
 2 │║▓▓▓ 4
 3 │║██████████ 11
 4 │║▓▓ 3
 5 │║████████ 9
 6 │║▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 21
 7 │║█ 2
 8 │║▓▓▓▓ 5
   └─────────────────────

let obj = new ConsoleCharts([{label: "Apples", value: 5}, {label: "Oranges", value: 7}, {label: "Bananas", value: 8}, {label: "Pears", value: 10}, {label: "Grapes", value: 4}, {label: "Pineapples", value: 5}, {label: "Strawberries", value: 12}, {label: "Watermelons", value: 3}, {label: "Mangos", value: 3}, {label: "Lemons", value: 6}, {label: "Limes", value: 4}, {label: "Peaches", value: 10}]);
console.log(obj.chart({ pattern: true }));

      Apples │█████ 5
     Oranges │▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 7
     Bananas │████████ 8
       Pears │▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 10
      Grapes │████ 4
  Pineapples │▓▓▓▓▓ 5
Strawberries │████████████ 12
 Watermelons │▓▓▓ 3
      Mangos │███ 3
      Lemons │▓▓▓▓▓▓ 6
       Limes │████ 4
     Peaches │▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 10
             └───────────────

let obj = new ConsoleCharts([{label: "Apples", value: 5}, {label: "Oranges", value: 7}, {label: "Bananas", value: 8}, {label: "Pears", value: 10}, {label: "Grapes", value: 4}, {label: "Pineapples", value: 5}, {label: "Strawberries", value: 12}, {label: "Watermelons", value: 3}, {label: "Mangos", value: 3}, {label: "Lemons", value: 6}, {label: "Limes", value: 4}, {label: "Peaches", value: 10}]);
obj.sort("DESC", "label");
console.log(obj.chart({ pattern: true }));

 Watermelons │███ 3
Strawberries │▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 12
  Pineapples │█████ 5
       Pears │▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 10
     Peaches │██████████ 10
     Oranges │▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 7
      Mangos │███ 3
       Limes │▓▓▓▓ 4
      Lemons │██████ 6
      Grapes │▓▓▓▓ 4
     Bananas │████████ 8
      Apples │▓▓▓▓▓ 5
             └───────────────

let obj = new ConsoleCharts([{label: "Apples", value: 5}, {label: "Oranges", value: 7}, {label: "Bananas", value: 8}, {label: "Pears", value: 10}, {label: "Grapes", value: 4}, {label: "Pineapples", value: 5}, {label: "Strawberries", value: 12}, {label: "Watermelons", value: 3}, {label: "Mangos", value: 3}, {label: "Lemons", value: 6}, {label: "Limes", value: 4}, {label: "Peaches", value: 10}]);
console.log(obj.sort("ASC", "value").chart({ pattern: true }));

 Watermelons │███ 3
      Mangos │▓▓▓ 3
      Grapes │████ 4
       Limes │▓▓▓▓ 4
      Apples │█████ 5
  Pineapples │▓▓▓▓▓ 5
      Lemons │██████ 6
     Oranges │▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 7
     Bananas │████████ 8
       Pears │▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 10
     Peaches │██████████ 10
Strawberries │▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 12
             └───────────────

let obj = new ConsoleCharts([{label: "Apples", value: 5}, {label: "Oranges", value: 7}, {label: "Bananas", value: 8}, {label: "Pears", value: 10}, {label: "Grapes", value: 4}, {label: "Pineapples", value: 5}, {label: "Strawberries", value: 12}, {label: "Watermelons", value: 3}, {label: "Mangos", value: 3}, {label: "Lemons", value: 6}, {label: "Limes", value: 4}, {label: "Peaches", value: 10}]);
console.log(obj.chart({ type: "bar", spaced: true, pattern: true}));

 │            █
 │            █
 │      ▓     █         ▓
 │      ▓     █         ▓
 │    █ ▓     █         ▓
 │  ▓ █ ▓     █         ▓
 │  ▓ █ ▓     █     ▓   ▓
 │█ ▓ █ ▓   ▓ █     ▓   ▓
 │█ ▓ █ ▓ █ ▓ █     ▓ █ ▓
 │█ ▓ █ ▓ █ ▓ █ ▓ █ ▓ █ ▓
 │█ ▓ █ ▓ █ ▓ █ ▓ █ ▓ █ ▓
 │█ ▓ █ ▓ █ ▓ █ ▓ █ ▓ █ ▓
 └────────────────────────
  Apples (5)
    Oranges (7)
      Bananas (8)
        Pears (10)
          Grapes (4)
            Pineapples (5)
              Strawberries (12)
                Watermelons (3)
                  Mangos (3)
                    Lemons (6)
                      Limes (4)
                        Peaches (10)

let objV = new ConsoleCharts([{label: "Apples", value: 5}, {label: "Oranges", value: 7}, {label: "Bananas", value: 8}, {label: "Pears", value: 10}, {label: "Grapes", value: 4}, {label: "Pineapples", value: 5}, {label: "Strawberries", value: 12}, {label: "Watermelons", value: 11}, {label: "Mangos", value: 10}, {label: "Lemons", value: 6}, {label: "Limes", value: 4}, {label: "Peaches", value: 10}]);
console.log(objV.chart({ type: "bar", spaced: true, pattern: true, hideLabels: true, minHeight: true}));

 │            █           
 │            █ ▓         
 │      ▓     █ ▓ █     ▓ 
 │      ▓     █ ▓ █     ▓ 
 │    █ ▓     █ ▓ █     ▓ 
 │  ▓ █ ▓     █ ▓ █     ▓ 
 │  ▓ █ ▓     █ ▓ █ ▓   ▓ 
 │█ ▓ █ ▓   ▓ █ ▓ █ ▓   ▓ 
 │█ ▓ █ ▓ █ ▓ █ ▓ █ ▓ █ ▓ 
 │═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ ═ 
 └────────────────────────

let arr = new ConsoleCharts([{label: "Apples", value: 5}, {label: "Oranges", value: 7}, {label: "Bananas", value: 8}, {label: "Pears", value: 10}, {label: "Grapes", value: 4}, {label: "Pineapples", value: 5}, {label: "Strawberries", value: 12}, {label: "Watermelons", value: 11}, {label: "Mangos", value: 10}, {label: "Lemons", value: 6}, {label: "Limes", value: 4}, {label: "Peaches", value: 10}]);
console.log(arr.chart({ type: "dot", spaced: false, hideLabels: false, minHeight: false}));

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 │            
 │  ·         
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 │·    ·      
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 │            
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 └────────────  
  Apples (5)
   Oranges (7)
    Bananas (8)
     Pears (10)
      Grapes (4)
       Pineapples (5)
        Strawberries (12)
         Watermelons (11)
          Mangos (10)
           Lemons (6)
            Limes (4)
             Peaches (10)