#142 Barcharts
Print barcharts to the console in ascii or with unicode block elements
Notes
I learned of the barcharts gem in rubyweekly #492.
It’s a pretty neat little utility for generating console barcharts.
Taking it for a quick test drive…
Running the Example
The Gemfile specifies the gem requirements. bundle install as usual.
$ gem install bundler && bundle install
$ ./example.rb
Books Published/Year. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Books_published_per_country_per_year
By Country (unsorted) (n=1943551)
---------------------------------
Australia ( 1%) | 28234
Brazil ( 2%) | * 57473
China (22%) | *********** 440000
France ( 4%) | ** 77986
Germany ( 4%) | ** 93600
India ( 4%) | ** 90000
Indonesia ( 4%) | ** 89000
Italy ( 3%) | * 61966
Iran ( 3%) | * 72871
Japan ( 7%) | *** 139078
Russia ( 5%) | ** 101981
South Korea ( 3%) | * 63476
Spain ( 2%) | * 44000
Taiwan ( 1%) | 28084
Turkey ( 3%) | * 66890
United Kingdom ( 9%) | **** 184000
United States (15%) | ******* 304912
By Country (block chars, sorted) (n=1943551)
---------------------------------
China (22%) | ▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▎ 440000
United States (15%) | ▉▉▉▉▉▉▉▉ 304912
United Kingdom ( 9%) | ▉▉▉▉▊ 184000
Japan ( 7%) | ▉▉▉▋ 139078
Russia ( 5%) | ▉▉▋ 101981
Germany ( 4%) | ▉▉▍ 93600
India ( 4%) | ▉▉▎ 90000
Indonesia ( 4%) | ▉▉▎ 89000
France ( 4%) | ▉▉▏ 77986
Iran ( 3%) | ▉▉ 72871
Turkey ( 3%) | ▉▊ 66890
South Korea ( 3%) | ▉▋ 63476
Italy ( 3%) | ▉▋ 61966
Brazil ( 2%) | ▉▍ 57473
Spain ( 2%) | ▉▏ 44000
Australia ( 1%) | ▊ 28234
Taiwan ( 1%) | ▊ 28084
Credits and References
- rubyweekly #492
- barcharts gem
- barcharts - github