Javascript HighChart Age/Name Example

Example using age as a measuring value with High Cart in Javascript

by Risa Esfahani

HTML

<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/exporting.js"></script>

<div id="container" style="min-width: 310px; max-width: 800px; height: 400px; margin: 0 auto"></div>

JavaScript

$(function () {
    $('#container').highcharts({
        chart: {
            type: 'bar'
        },
        title: {
            text: 'Age of Major Life Events'
        },
         subtitle: {
                text: 'Created By: <a href="http://www.rocketrisa.com">Rocket Risa</a>'
            },
        xAxis: {
            categories: ['John', 'Jane', 'Jessica', 'Jordan', 'Jeri'],
            title: {
                text: null
            }
        },
        yAxis: {
            min: 0,
            title: {
                text: 'Age (years)',
                align: 'high'
            },
            labels: {
                overflow: 'justify'
            }
        },
        tooltip: {
            valueSuffix: ' years'
        },
        plotOptions: {
            bar: {
                dataLabels: {
                    enabled: true
                }
            }
        },
        legend: {
            layout: 'vertical',
            align: 'right',
            verticalAlign: 'top',
            x: -40,
            y: 80,
            floating: true,
            borderWidth: 1,
            backgroundColor: ((Highcharts.theme && Highcharts.theme.legendBackgroundColor) || '#FFFFFF'),
            shadow: true
        },
        credits: {
            enabled: false
        },
        series: [{
            name: 'Teen',
            data: [15, 13, 18, 14, 17]
        }, {
            name: 'Young Adult',
            data: [23, 28, 21, 25, 27]
        }, {
            name: 'Middle Age 30+',
            data: [35, 46, 32, 64, 51]
        }]
    });
});