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-class GraphController < ApplicationController
+require 'date'
+class GraphController < ApplicationController  
+  class GruffGraff
+  
+    def initialize(options)
+      size = "700x400"
+      @graph = options[:graph_type].new(size)
+
+      @graph.theme = { :colors => ['#000000', '#00FFFF', '#FFCC00', '#990033'],
+                       :background_colors => ['#74ce00', '#ffffff'] }
+      @graph.font = File.expand_path('/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/Vera.ttf',
+                                   RAILS_ROOT)
+      
+      # fill in the data with the optional data name
+      #Check to see if multiple datasets, if so, fill them all!
+      if options[:data].is_a?(Hash) 
+        options[:data].each_pair do |name, array|
+          @graph.data( name, array)
+        end
+      #if each dataset nameless, will have only multiple arrays    
+      elsif options[:data].size > 1 && options[:data].all?  {|i| i.is_a?(Array)}
+        options[:data].each do |array|
+          @graph.data( options.fetch(:data_name, "Data"), array)
+        end
+      else #one dimensional array, just pass it in
+      @graph.data( options.fetch(:data_name, "Data"), options[:data] )
+      end
+      
+      # set the labels or create an empty hash
+      @graph.labels = options[:interval_labels] \
+        if options.has_key?(:interval_labels) and \
+           options[:interval_labels].class == Hash
+      @graph.x_axis_label = options[:x_axis_label] \
+        if options.has_key?(:x_axis_label)
+      @graph.y_axis_label = options[:y_axis_label] \
+        if options.has_key?(:y_axis_label)
+      @graph.title = options[:title] if options.has_key?(:title)
+      
+      @graph.minimum_value = 0.0
+
+    end
+
+    def output
+      return([@graph.to_blob, {:disposition => 'inline', :type => 'image/png'}])
+    end
+
+  end
 
   # produce a graph of votes per day during an election
   def votes_per_day
-    
     @election = Election.find(params[:id])
     data, labels = get_votes_per_day_data(@election)
+    
+    graph = GruffGraff.new( :graph_type => Gruff::Line,
+                            :data_name => @election.name,
+                            :data => data,
+                            :interval_labels => labels,
+                            :title => "Voters Per Day",
+                            :x_axis_label => "Data",
+                            :y_axis_label =>"Number of Votes")
+    send_data(*graph.output)
+  end
+  
+  #will place votes in a fixed number of intervals, and shows votes over time
+  def votes_per_interval
+    @election = Election.find(params[:id])
+    data, labels, scale = get_votes_per_interval_data(@election)
+    
+    graph = GruffGraff.new( :graph_type => Gruff::Line,
+                            :data_name => @election.name,
+                            :data => data,
+                            :interval_labels => labels,
+                            :title => "Voters Over Time",
+                            :x_axis_label => scale,
+                            :y_axis_label => "Number of Votes")
+    send_data(*graph.output)
+  end
 
-    line = Gruff::Line.new
-    line.title = "Voters Per Day"
-    line.font = File.expand_path('/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/Vera.ttf',
-                                 RAILS_ROOT)
-
-    line.data("#{@election.name}", data )
-    line.labels = labels
-
-    line.x_axis_label = "Date"
-    line.y_axis_label = "Number of Votes"
-    line.minimum_value = 0.0
-
-    line.draw
-    send_data(line.to_blob, :disposition => 'inline', :type => 'image/png')
+  def borda_bar
+    @election = Election.find(params[:id])
+    @election.results unless @election.borda_result
+    data, labels = get_borda_points(@election.borda_result)
+    
+    graph = GruffGraff.new( :graph_type => Gruff::Bar,
+                            :data_name => @election.name,
+                            :data => data,
+                            :interval_labels => labels,
+                            :title => "Points Per Candidate",
+                            :y_axis_label => "Points",
+                            :x_axis_label => "Candidate")
+    send_data(*graph.output)
+  end
+  #Acording to Tufte, small, concomparitive, highly labeled data sets usually
+  # belong in tables. The following is a bar graph...but would it be better
+  #as a table?
+  def choices_positions
+    
+    @election = Election.find(params[:id])
+    pref_tally = make_preference_tally(@election)
+    
+    fulldata, labels = get_positions_info(@election)
+    legend = Hash.new
+    
+    @election.candidates.each_with_index do |candidate, index|
+      legend[candidate.name] = fulldata[index]
+    end
+    
+    graph = GruffGraff.new( :graph_type => Gruff::Bar,
+                            :data => legend,
+                            :interval_labels => labels,
+                            :title => "Times Voted in Each Position",
+                            :y_axis_label => "Number of Times Ranked",
+                            :x_axis_label => "Rank")
+    send_data(*graph.output) 
   end
+  
+ private 
+  def get_positions_info(election)
+    buckets = Hash.new
+    buckets2= Hash.new
+    rank_labels = Hash.new
+    
+    election.candidates.each do |candidate|
+      buckets[candidate.id] = []
+      buckets2[candidate.id] = []
+    end
+    
+    #attach the ranking to the candidate's array to which is belongs
+    election.votes.each do |vote|
+      vote.rankings.each do |ranking|
+        buckets[ranking.candidate_id] << ranking.rank
+      end
+    end
+    
+    #count how many times each candidate has been ranked at a certain level
+    buckets.each_pair do |id, array|
+      (1..election.candidates.size).each do |i|
+        buckets2[id] << (array.find_all {|rank| rank == i}).size
+      end
+    end
+    
+    #sort by amount of 1st place votes
+    sorted_data = buckets2.values.sort {|a,b| b[0] <=> a[0]}
+    
+    election.votes.each do |vote|
+      vote.rankings.size.times do |i|
+        rank_labels[i] = (i+1).to_s
+      end
+    end
+    
+    return sorted_data, rank_labels   
+  end
+   
   # generate the data and labels for each graph
   def get_votes_per_day_data(election)
-
-    voter_times = Array.new
+    voter_days = Array.new
     unique_days = Array.new
-    voters_per_day = Array.new
-    days_hash = Hash.new
+    total_per_day = Array.new
+    election_days = Hash.new
+    
+    #turn election startdate into date object, and create the range of election
+    startdate = Date.parse(election.startdate.to_s)
+    election_range = startdate..Date.today
     
+    # create a hash with all the dates of the election in String format
+    # referenced by their order in the election
+    election_range.each_with_index do |day, index|
+      election_days[index] = day.to_s
+    end
+    
+    # Now I need to create an array with all the times votes were made
     election.votes.each do |vote|
-      unless voter_times.any? {|utime| utime == vote.time}
-        voter_times << vote.time
+      next unless vote.time
+      voter_days << Date.parse(vote.time.to_s)
+    end
+    voter_days.sort!
+    
+    # Now I need to count how many times each each date appears in voter_days,
+    # and put that number into a votes_per_day array, the 'data' for the graph    
+    #Create an array of unique days from voter_days
+    voter_days.each do |day|
+      unless unique_days.any? {|date| date.eql?(day)}
+        unique_days << day
       end
     end
+    unique_days.sort!
     
-    voter_times.sort!
-  
-    voter_times.each_with_index do |time, index| 
-      count = 1
-      # TODO: add comment
-      unless unique_days.any? { |d1| d1.eql?(time.mon.to_s + "/" + time.day.to_s) }
-        unique_days << (time.mon.to_s + "/" + time.day.to_s)
-        count += (voter_times[(index+1)..-1].find_all \
-          {|t| t.mon == time.mon && t.day == time.day}).size
-        voters_per_day << count
-      end      
-    end
-    
-    unique_days.each_with_index do |fmtdate, index|
-      days_hash[index] = fmtdate
+    #find all dates where those days = date at current index, put size of returned
+    #array into total_per_day
+    unique_days.each_with_index do |date, index|
+      total_per_day << (voter_days.select {|day| day.eql?(date)}).size
     end    
 
     # return the data and the labels
-    return voters_per_day, days_hash
+    return total_per_day, election_days
    
   end
+  
+  def get_votes_per_interval_data(election)
+    labels_hash = Hash.new
+    buckets = Hash.new
+    total_per_interval = Array.new
+    interval_type = ""
+    
+    starttime = election.startdate
+    timedelta = Time.now - starttime
+    numcols = 10
+    interval_length = timedelta/numcols
+    
+    # Make a hash, buckets, indexed by time intervals and containing empty arrays
+    # The time object must come first in addition! 
+    # i would start at 0, i+1 goes from 1 up till numcols
+    numcols.times {|i| buckets[starttime + ((i+1)*interval_length)] = []}
+     
+    # Put votes into bucket according to the time interval to which they belong,
+    # referenced by their key
+    # Will build a graph over time, as each successive interval will have more
+    # vote objects  
+    election.votes.each do |vote|
+      next unless vote.time
+      buckets.keys.sort.each do |inter|
+        if vote.time < inter
+          buckets[inter] << vote
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  
+    total_per_interval = buckets.keys.sort.collect {|key| buckets[key].size}
+    
+    # Create the hash for the labels. Each graph has ten columns, and three
+    # will be labeled
+    if timedelta < 2.hours #under two hours use minutes for labels
+      labels_hash[0] = starttime.min.to_s
+      labels_hash[(numcols/2)-1] = (starttime + (timedelta/2)).min.to_s
+      labels_hash[numcols-1] = Time.now.min.to_s
+      interval_type = "Minute of the Hour"
+    elsif timedelta < 2.days #more than 2 hours means use hours for labels
+      labels_hash[0] = starttime.hour.to_s
+      labels_hash[(numcols/2)-1] = (starttime + (timedelta/2)).hour.to_s
+      labels_hash[numcols-1] = Time.now.hour.to_s
+      interval_type = "Hour of the Day on 24 hour scale"
+    else #more than 2 days means use dates for labels
+      labels_hash[0] = (Date.parse(starttime.to_s)).to_s
+      labels_hash[(numcols/2)-1] = (Date.parse((starttime + (timedelta/2)).to_s)).to_s
+      labels_hash[numcols-1] = (Date.today).to_s
+      interval_type = "The Date"
+    end
+    
+    # Make sure to return an array for data and hash for labels
+    return total_per_interval, labels_hash, interval_type   
+  end
+  
+  def get_borda_points(result)
+    points = Array.new
+    labels = Hash.new
+
+    #Populate points with an sorted array from election.votes hash
+    #biggest to smallest will go from left to right
+    points = result.points.sort do |a, b|
+      b[1] <=> a[1]
+    end.collect {|i| i[1]}
+
+    #make the labels  
+    result.ranked_candidates.each_with_index do |candidate, index|
+      labels[index] = Candidate.find(candidate).name
+    end
+
+    return points, labels
+  end
+
+  #most vote result objects require an array of vote arrays, which this will make
+  def make_preference_tally(election)
+    preference_tally = Array.new
+    @election.voters.each do |voter|
+      next unless voter.voted?
+      preference_tally << voter.vote.rankings.sort.collect \
+        { |ranking| ranking.candidate.id }
+    end
+  return preference_tally
+  end
 
 end

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