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Highcharts Basic Line Chart

The following example is a basic line chart. We have already learned about Highcharts configuration syntax in previous chapters. Now, let's look at a complete example:

Example

Filename: highcharts_line_basic.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 title = {
      text: 'Average City Temperature'   
   };
   var subtitle = {
      text: 'Source: tutorialpro.org'
   };
   var xAxis = {
      categories: ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun',
         'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec']
   };
   var yAxis = {
      title: {
         text: 'Temperature (°C)'
      },
      plotLines: [{
         value: 0,
         width: 1,
         color: '#808080'
      }]
   };   

   var tooltip = {
      valueSuffix: '°C'
   }

   var legend = {
      layout: 'vertical',
      align: 'right',
      verticalAlign: 'middle',
      borderWidth: 0
   };

   var series =  [
      {
         name: 'Tokyo',
         data: [7.0, 6.9, 9.5, 14.5, 18.2, 21.5, 25.2,
            26.5, 23.3, 18.3, 13.9, 9.6]
      }, 
      {
         name: 'New York',
         data: [-0.2, 0.8, 5.7, 11.3, 17.0, 22.0, 24.8,
            24.1, 20.1, 14.1, 8.6, 2.5]
      },
      {
         name: 'London',
         data: [3.9, 4.2, 5.7, 8.5, 11.9, 15.2, 17.0, 
            16.6, 14.2, 10.3, 6.6, 4.8]
      }
   ];

   var json = {};

   json.title = title;
   json.subtitle = subtitle;
   json.xAxis = xAxis;
   json.yAxis = yAxis;
   json.tooltip = tooltip;
   json.legend = legend;
   json.series = series;

   $('#container').highcharts(json);
});
</script>
</body>
</html>

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The output of the above example is:

Highcharts Line Charts

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