NAME

Line - A writer class for Excel Line charts.

SYNOPSIS

To create a simple Excel file with a Line chart using Spreadsheet::WriteExcel:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use Spreadsheet::WriteExcel;

my $workbook  = Spreadsheet::WriteExcel->new( 'chart.xls' );
my $worksheet = $workbook->add_worksheet();

my $chart     = $workbook->add_chart( type => 'line' );

# Configure the chart.
$chart->add_series(
    categories => '=Sheet1!$A$2:$A$7',
    values     => '=Sheet1!$B$2:$B$7',
);

# Add the data to the worksheet the chart refers to.
my $data = [
    [ 'Category', 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ],
    [ 'Value',    1, 4, 5, 2, 1, 5 ],
];

$worksheet->write( 'A1', $data );

__END__

DESCRIPTION

This module implements Line charts for Spreadsheet::WriteExcel. The chart object is created via the Workbook add_chart() method:

my $chart = $workbook->add_chart( type => 'line' );

Once the object is created it can be configured via the following methods that are common to all chart classes:

$chart->add_series();
$chart->set_x_axis();
$chart->set_y_axis();
$chart->set_title();

These methods are explained in detail in Spreadsheet::WriteExcel::Chart. Class specific methods or settings, if any, are explained below.

Line Chart Methods

There aren't currently any line chart specific methods. See the TODO section of Spreadsheet::WriteExcel::Chart.

AUTHOR

John McNamara jmcnamara@cpan.org

COPYRIGHT

Copyright MM-MMX, John McNamara.

All Rights Reserved. This module is free software. It may be used, redistributed and/or modified under the same terms as Perl itself.