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Highcharts basic pie

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The following example illustrates the basic pie chart.

In the previous section we already know Highcharts basic configuration syntax. Let's look at the other configurations.

Configuration

series configuration

The type attribute is set series pie, series.type column describes the data type. The default value is "line". 

var series = {
   type: 'pie'
};

Examples

File name: highcharts_pie_basic.htm 

<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<title>Highcharts 教程 | 本教程(w3big.com)</title>
<script src="http://apps.bdimg.com/libs/jquery/2.1.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container" style="width: 550px; height: 400px; margin: 0 auto"></div>
<script language="JavaScript">
$(document).ready(function() {  
   var chart = {
       plotBackgroundColor: null,
       plotBorderWidth: null,
       plotShadow: false
   };
   var title = {
      text: '2014 年各浏览器市场占有比例'   
   };      
   var tooltip = {
      pointFormat: '{series.name}: <b>{point.percentage:.1f}%</b>'
   };
   var plotOptions = {
      pie: {
         allowPointSelect: true,
         cursor: 'pointer',
         dataLabels: {
            enabled: true,
            format: '<b>{point.name}%</b>: {point.percentage:.1f} %',
            style: {
               color: (Highcharts.theme && Highcharts.theme.contrastTextColor) || 'black'
            }
         }
      }
   };
   var series= [{
      type: 'pie',
      name: 'Browser share',
      data: [
         ['Firefox',   45.0],
         ['IE',       26.8],
         {
            name: 'Chrome',
            y: 12.8,
            sliced: true,
            selected: true
         },
         ['Safari',    8.5],
         ['Opera',     6.2],
         ['Others',   0.7]
      ]
   }];     
      
   var json = {};   
   json.chart = chart; 
   json.title = title;     
   json.tooltip = tooltip;  
   json.series = series;
   json.plotOptions = plotOptions;
   $('#container').highcharts(json);  
});
</script>
</body>
</html>

The above example output is:

Highcharts Pie Highcharts Pie