Read data from html table
Description
The following code shows how to read data from html table.
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
$(function () {<!-- ww w .ja v a 2s. c o m-->
var options = {
data: {
table: document.getElementById('datatable'),
switchRowsAndColumns: true
},
chart: {
type: 'column'
},
yAxis: {
allowDecimals: false,
title: {
text: 'Units'
}
}
};
$('#container').highcharts(Highcharts.merge(options));
$('#toggle').click(function () {
options.data.switchRowsAndColumns = !options.data.switchRowsAndColumns;
$('#container').highcharts(Highcharts.merge(options));
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<script src="http://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.highcharts.com/modules/data.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.highcharts.com/modules/exporting.js"></script>
<div id="container" style="min-width: 310px; height: 400px; max-width: 800px; margin: 0 auto"></div>
<div style="max-width: 800px; margin: 0 auto">
<button id="toggle" style="margin: 10px">Toggle rows and columns</button>
<table id="datatable">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Item</th>
<th>A</th>
<th>B</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th>CSS</th>
<td>3</td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>HTML</th>
<td>2</td>
<td>0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>XML</th>
<td>5</td>
<td>11</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Javascript</th>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>SQL</th>
<td>2</td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</body>
</html>