Handle Click event on chart - Javascript highcharts

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Handle Click event on chart

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<html>
   <head> 
      <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> 
      <script type="text/javascript" src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.js"></script> 
      <script type="text/javascript">
$(function () {//from   w w  w  . j  a  v a 2s  .  co  m
        $('#container').highcharts({
            chart: {
               events: {
                   click: function(event) {
                       console.log(
                      'x: '+ Highcharts.dateFormat('%Y-%m-%d', event.xAxis[0].value) +', ' +
                      'y: '+ event.yAxis[0].value
                       );
                   }
               }
           },
            title: {
                text: 'Monthly Average Temperature',
                x: -20 //center
            },
            subtitle: {
                text: 'Source: WorldClimate.com',
                x: -20
            },
            tooltip: {
                shared: true,
                valueSuffix: ' millions'
            },
            xAxis: {
                categories: ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun',
                    'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec']
            },
            yAxis: {
                title: {
                    text: 'Temperature (?C)'
                },
                plotLines: [{
                    value: 0,
                    width: 1,
                    color: '#808080'
                }]
            },
            legend: {
                layout: 'vertical',
                align: 'right',
                verticalAlign: 'middle',
                borderWidth: 0
            },
            series: [{
                name: 'Tokyo',
                data: [7.0, 6.9, 9.5, 14.5, 18.2, 21.5, 25.2, 26.5, 23.3, 18.3, 13.9, 9.6]
            }, {
                name: 'New York',
                data: [-0.2, 0.8, 5.7, 11.3, 17.0, 22.0, 24.8, 24.1, 20.1, 14.1, 8.6, 2.5]
            }, {
                name: 'Berlin',
                data: [-0.9, 0.6, 3.5, 8.4, 13.5, 17.0, 18.6, 17.9, 14.3, 9.0, 3.9, 1.0]
            }, {
                name: 'London',
                data: [3.9, 4.2, 5.7, 8.5, 11.9, 15.2, 17.0, 16.6, 14.2, 10.3, 6.6, 4.8]
            }]
        });
    });

      </script> 
   </head> 
   <body> 
      <script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script> 
      <script src="https://code.highcharts.com/modules/exporting.js"></script> 
      <div id="container" style="min-width: 400px; height: 400px; margin: 0 auto"></div>  
   </body>
</html>

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