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Highcharts Using Area Charts with Negative Values

Highcharts Area Charts

The following example demonstrates the use of area charts with negative values.

We have already learned the basic configuration syntax of Highcharts in previous chapters. Now, let's look at another example:

Example

Filename: highcharts_area_negative.htm

<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<title>Highcharts Tutorial | tutorialpro.org(tutorialpro.org)</title>
<script src="http://apps.bdimg.com/libs/jquery/2.1.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container" style="width: 550px; height: 400px; margin: 0 auto"></div>
<script language="JavaScript">
$(document).ready(function() {  
   var chart = {
      type: 'area'
   };
   var title = {
      text: 'Area chart with negative values'   
   };   
   var xAxis = {
      categories: ['Apples', 'Oranges', 'Pears', 'Grapes', 'Bananas']
   };
   var credits = {
      enabled: false
   };
   var series= [{
      name: 'John',
            data: [5, 3, 4, 7, 2]
        }, {
            name: 'Jane',
            data: [2, -2, -3, 2, 1]
        }, {
            name: 'Joe',
            data: [3, 4, 4, -2, 5]
      }
   ];     

   var json = {};   
   json.chart = chart; 
   json.title = title; 
   json.xAxis = xAxis;
   json.credits = credits;
   json.series = series;
   $('#container').highcharts(json);

});
</script>
</body>
</html>

The output of the above example is:

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