Histogram

by mslocum

HTML

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

<figure class="highcharts-figure">
    <div id="container"></div>
    <p class="highcharts-description">
        Chart showing how Highcharts can automatically compute a histogram from
        source data. In this chart, the source data is also displayed as a
        scatter plot.
    </p>
</figure>

CSS

.highcharts-figure, .highcharts-data-table table {
  min-width: 310px; 
  max-width: 800px;
  margin: 1em auto;
}

.highcharts-data-table table {
font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;
border-collapse: collapse;
border: 1px solid #EBEBEB;
margin: 10px auto;
text-align: center;
width: 100%;
max-width: 500px;
}
.highcharts-data-table caption {
  padding: 1em 0;
  font-size: 1.2em;
  color: #555;
}
.highcharts-data-table th {
font-weight: 600;
  padding: 0.5em;
}
.highcharts-data-table td, .highcharts-data-table th, .highcharts-data-table caption {
  padding: 0.5em;
}
.highcharts-data-table thead tr, .highcharts-data-table tr:nth-child(even) {
  background: #f8f8f8;
}
.highcharts-data-table tr:hover {
  background: #f1f7ff;
}

JavaScript

var data = [3.5, 3, 3.2, 3.1, 3.6, 3.9, 3.4, 3.4, 2.9, 3.1, 3.7, 3.4, 3, 3, 4, 4.4, 3.9, 3.5, 3.8, 3.8, 3.4, 3.7, 3.6, 3.3, 3.4, 3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.4, 3.2, 3.1, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2, 3.1, 3.2, 3.5, 3.6, 3, 3.4, 3.5, 2.3, 3.2, 3.5, 3.8, 3, 3.8, 3.2, 3.7, 3.3, 3.2, 3.2, 3.1, 2.3, 2.8, 2.8, 3.3, 2.4, 2.9, 2.7, 2, 3, 2.2, 2.9, 2.9, 3.1, 3, 2.7, 2.2, 2.5, 3.2, 2.8, 2.5, 2.8, 2.9, 3, 2.8, 3, 2.9, 2.6, 2.4, 2.4, 2.7, 2.7, 3, 3.4, 3.1, 2.3, 3, 2.5, 2.6, 3, 2.6, 2.3, 2.7, 3, 2.9, 2.9, 2.5, 2.8, 3.3, 2.7, 3, 2.9, 3, 3, 2.5, 2.9, 2.5, 3.6, 3.2, 2.7, 3, 2.5, 2.8, 3.2, 3, 3.8, 2.6, 2.2, 3.2, 2.8, 2.8, 2.7, 3.3, 3.2, 2.8, 3, 2.8, 3, 2.8, 3.8, 2.8, 2.8, 2.6, 3, 3.4, 3.1, 3, 3.1, 3.1, 3.1, 2.7, 3.2, 3.3, 3, 2.5, 3, 3.4, 3];

Highcharts.chart('container', {
chart: {
        type: 'column'
    },
    title: {
        text: 'Highcharts Histogram'
    },

    xAxis: [{
        title: { text: 'Data' },
        alignTicks: false
    }, {
        title: { text: 'Histogram' },
        alignTicks: false,
        opposite: true
    }],

    yAxis: [{
        title: { text: 'Data' }
    }, {
        title: { text: 'Histogram' },
        opposite: true
    }],
    
    plotOptions: {
        column: {
            stacking: 'normal'
       }
    },

    series: [{
        name: 'Histogram1',
        type: 'histogram',
        xAxis: 1,
        yAxis: 1,
        baseSeries: 's1',
        zIndex: -1,
        stack: 'total'
    },{
        name: 'Histogram2',
        type: 'histogram',
        xAxis: 1,
        yAxis: 1,
        baseSeries: 's2',
        zIndex: -1,
        stack: 'total'
    },{
        name: 'Data',
        type: 'scatter',
        data: data,
        id: 's1',
        marker: {
            radius: 1.5
        }
    },{
        name: 'Data2',
        type: 'scatter',
        data: data.map(d => d/2),
        id: 's2',
        marker: {
            radius: 1.5
        }
    }]
});