Streamgraph Chart

A streamgraph, or stream graph, is a type of stacked area graph which is displaced around a central axis, resulting in a flowing, organic shape.


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<!-- Include the CanvasXpress library in your HTML file -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://www.canvasxpress.org/dist/canvasXpress.css" type="text/css"/>
<script src="https://www.canvasxpress.org/canvasXpress.min.js"></script>


<!-- Create a canvas element for the chart with the desired dimensions -->
<div>
  <canvas id="canvasId" width="600" height="600"</canvas>
</div>


<!-- Create a script to initialize the chart -->
<script>

  <!-- Create the data for the graph -->
  var data = {
     "y" : {
        "data" : [
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        ],
        "smps" : ["year","box_office"],
        "vars" : ["1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9","10","11","12","13","14","15","16","17","18","19","20","21","22","23","24","25","26","27","28","29","30","31","32","33","34","35","36","37","38","39","40","41","42","43","44","45","46","47","48","49","50","51","52","53","54","55","56","57","58","59","60","61","62","63","64","65","66","67","68","69","70","71","72","73","74","75","76","77","78","79","80","81","82","83","84","85","86","87","88","89","90","91","92","93","94","95","96","97","98","99","100","101","102","103","104","105","106","107","108","109","110","111","112","113","114","115","116","117","118","119","120","121","122","123","124","125","126","127","128","129","130","131","132","133","134","135","136","137","138","139","140","141","142","143","144","145","146","147","148","149","150","151","152","153","154","155","156","157"]
     },
     "z" : {
        "genre" : ["Action","Adventure","Comedy","Drama","Action","Adventure","Comedy","Drama","Action","Adventure","Comedy","Drama","Action","Adventure","Comedy","Action","Adventure","Comedy","Drama","Action","Comedy","Drama","Action","Adventure","Comedy","Drama","Action","Comedy","Drama","Action","Adventure","Comedy","Drama","Action","Adventure","Animation","Comedy","Drama","Action","Comedy","Drama","Action","Animation","Comedy","Drama","Action","Adventure","Animation","Comedy","Action","Adventure","Comedy","Drama","Action","Adventure","Animation","Comedy","Drama","Action","Adventure","Animation","Comedy","Drama","Action","Comedy","Drama","Action","Animation","Comedy","Drama","Action","Adventure","Animation","Comedy","Action","Adventure","Animation","Comedy","Action","Comedy","Drama","Action","Animation","Comedy","Drama","Action","Animation","Comedy","Drama","Action","Adventure","Animation","Comedy","Drama","Action","Adventure","Animation","Action","Adventure","Animation","Comedy","Drama","Action","Adventure","Animation","Comedy","Action","Adventure","Animation","Comedy","Drama","Action","Adventure","Animation","Comedy","Action","Adventure","Animation","Action","Adventure","Animation","Action","Animation","Comedy","Action","Adventure","Animation","Comedy","Action","Adventure","Animation","Action","Adventure","Animation","Comedy","Action","Adventure","Animation","Action","Adventure","Animation","Drama","Action","Adventure","Action","Animation","Action","Adventure","Animation","Action","Animation","Action","Adventure","Animation","Action","Adventure","Animation"]
     }
  }
  
  
  <-- Create the configuration for the graph -->
  var config = {
     "backgroundType":"panel",
     "colorBy":"genre",
     "colors":[
        "rgb(255,180,0)",
        "rgb(255,199,64)",
        "rgb(194,0,8)",
        "rgb(255,2,13)",
        "rgb(19,175,239)"
     ],
     "dataPointSizeScaleFactor":"0",
     "graphType":"Scatter2D",
     "panelBackgroundColor":"rgb(222,222,222)",
     "scatterStreamBandwidth":0.75,
     "scatterStreamExtraSpan":0.1,
     "scatterStreamNumber":"1000",
     "scatterStreamTrueRange":"both",
     "scatterStreamType":"mirror",
     "scatterType":"stream",
     "showConfidenceIntervals":"false",
     "showLoessFit":"genre",
     "xAxisGridMinorShow":"false",
     "yAxisGridMinorShow":"false"
  }
  

  <!-- Call the CanvasXpress function to create the graph -->
  var cX = new CanvasXpress("canvasId", data, config);


</script>
library(canvasXpress)
y=read.table("https://www.canvasxpress.org/data/cX-blockbusters-dat.txt", header=TRUE, sep="\t", quote="", row.names=1, fill=TRUE, check.names=FALSE, stringsAsFactors=FALSE)
z=read.table("https://www.canvasxpress.org/data/cX-blockbusters-var.txt", header=TRUE, sep="\t", quote="", row.names=1, fill=TRUE, check.names=FALSE, stringsAsFactors=FALSE)
canvasXpress(
  data=y,
  varAnnot=z,
  backgroundType="panel",
  colorBy="genre",
  colors=list("rgb(255,180,0)", "rgb(255,199,64)", "rgb(194,0,8)", "rgb(255,2,13)", "rgb(19,175,239)"),
  dataPointSizeScaleFactor=0,
  graphType="Scatter2D",
  panelBackgroundColor="rgb(222,222,222)",
  scatterStreamBandwidth=0.75,
  scatterStreamExtraSpan=0.1,
  scatterStreamNumber=1000,
  scatterStreamTrueRange="both",
  scatterStreamType="mirror",
  scatterType="stream",
  showConfidenceIntervals=FALSE,
  showLoessFit="genre",
  xAxisGridMinorShow=FALSE,
  yAxisGridMinorShow=FALSE
)