Yeah!!!

Looks good! Keep doing!

Alexandre

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On Jun 5, 2015, at 12:42 PM, Manfred Kröhnert <mkroehnert42@googlemail.com> wrote:

Thanks Alexandre,

great advice once again.

Here is the current result

<ParallelCoordinates.png>

and the script:

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"configuration"

spaceBetweenLine := 150.

lineHeight := 250.

labelColor := (Color red alpha: 0.3).

lineColor := (Color red alpha: 0.2).

"columns: Array of column label Arrays"

columns := #(

#('One' 'Two')

#('Ten' 'Eleven' 'Twelve' 'Thirteen' 'Fourteen' 'Fifteen')

#('Twenty' 'Twentyone' 'Twentytwo' 'Twentythree')

).

"values: Array of columns

 column: Array of columnelements

 columnelement: Array of indices the element is associated with in the next column"

values := #(

#( #(1 3 4 5 6) #(2 3 5) )

#( #(1 2) #(1 2 3) #(3 4) #(2 3 4) #(2 4) #(4) )

).

numberOfColumns := columns size.

maxColumnElements := (columns

collect: [ :element | element size])

reduce: [ :size1 :size2 | size1 max: size2 ].

v := RTView new.

label := RTLabel text: [ :t | t ].

label color: labelColor.

"draw labels"

columnElements := OrderedCollection new.

1 to: numberOfColumns do: [ :i | | t labels |

t := OrderedCollection new.

labels := label elementsOn: (columns at: i).

labels doWithIndex: [ :element :index |

t add: element.

element translateTo: 

(i * (spaceBetweenLine - 1)) @

(index * lineHeight / maxColumnElements).

v add: element

].

columnElements add: t.

].

v.

"draw lines"

2 to: numberOfColumns do: [ :column |

(values at: column - 1) doWithIndex: [ :setOfValues :index |

setOfValues do: [ :setIndex |

| fromElement toElement line |

fromElement := ((columnElements at: (column - 1)) at: index).

toElement := ((columnElements at: column) at: setIndex).

lineShape := RTLine new color: lineColor.

lineShape attachPoint: RTShorterDistanceAttachPoint new.

line := lineShape

edgeFrom: fromElement

to: toElement.

v add: line

].

].

].

v

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The last thing I am going to experiment with will be to replace the straight lines with RTBezierLine.

Thanks,

Manfred