require 'date'
-class GraphController < ApplicationController
-
+class GraphController < ApplicationController
class GruffGraff
def initialize(options)
size = "700x400"
@graph = options[:graph_type].new(size)
- @graph.theme = { :background_colors => ['#73BF26', '#ffffff'] }
+ @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 \
def borda_bar
@election = Election.find(params[:id])
- pref_tally = make_preference_tally(@election)
-
- @borda_result = BordaVote.new(pref_tally).result
- data, labels = get_borda_points(@borda_result)
+ @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,
: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 = get_positions_info(@election)
- (0...@election.candidates.size).each do |i|
- sbar.data("Candidate#{i+1}", fulldata[i])
- end
+ fulldata, labels = get_positions_info(@election)
+ legend = Hash.new
- sbar = Gruff::Bar.new
- sbar.title = "Times Voted in Each Position"
- #sbar.theme = { :background_colors => ['#73BF26', '#ffffff'] }
- sbar.font = File.expand_path('/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/Vera.ttf',
- RAILS_ROOT)
+ @election.candidates.each_with_index do |candidate, index|
+ legend[candidate.name] = fulldata[index]
+ end
graph = GruffGraff.new( :graph_type => Gruff::Bar,
- :data_name => @election.name,
- :data => data,
+ :data => legend,
:interval_labels => labels,
- :title => "Times Candidate Was Voted Each Position",
- :x_axis_label => "Rank",
- :y_axis_label => "Number of Times")
-
-
-
-
- sbar.x_axis_label = "Rank"
- sbar.y_axis_label = "Number of Times Ranked"
-
- sbar.minimum_value = 0.0
- send_data(sbar.to_blob, :disposition => 'inline', :type => 'image/png')
-
-
- #data, labels = get_positions_info(@election)
-
+ :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
- ranks = 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
- return buckets2.values
+ #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
# Now I need to create an array with all the times votes were made
election.votes.each do |vote|
- voter_days << Date.parse(vote.time.to_s)
+ next unless vote.time
+ voter_days << Date.parse(vote.time.to_s)
end
voter_days.sort!
# 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 0 up till numcols
+ # 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,
# 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
def get_borda_points(result)
- #points holds how mnay points each candidate has received in array form
- #becasue Gruff::Bar#data takes only an array
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.election.votes.sort do |a, b|
+ points = result.points.sort do |a, b|
b[1] <=> a[1]
end.collect {|i| i[1]}
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