Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /** * Copyright (C) 2009 - 2012 SC 4ViewSoft SRL * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ public class Main { /** * Computes a reasonable number of labels for a data range. * * @param start start value * @param end final value * @param approxNumLabels desired number of labels * @return double[] array containing {start value, end value, increment} */ private static double[] computeLabels(final double start, final double end, final int approxNumLabels, double minimumJump) { if (Math.abs(start - end) < 0.0000001f) { return new double[] { start, start, 0 }; } double s = start; double e = end; boolean switched = false; if (s > e) { switched = true; double tmp = s; s = e; e = tmp; } double xStep = roundUp(Math.max(Math.abs(s - e) / approxNumLabels, minimumJump)); // Compute x starting point so it is a multiple of xStep. double xStart = xStep * Math.ceil(s / xStep); double xEnd = xStep * Math.floor(e / xStep); if (switched) { return new double[] { xEnd, xStart, -1.0 * xStep }; } return new double[] { xStart, xEnd, xStep }; } /** * Given a number, round up to the nearest power of ten times 1, 2, or 5. * * @param val the number, it must be strictly positive */ private static double roundUp(final double val) { int exponent = (int) Math.floor(Math.log10(val)); double rval = val * Math.pow(10, -exponent); if (rval > 5.0) { rval = 10.0; } else if (rval > 2.0) { rval = 5.0; } else if (rval > 1.0) { rval = 2.0; } rval *= Math.pow(10, exponent); return rval; } }