axlsx 1.1.3 → 1.1.4

data/examples/extractive.csv

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+:'oil-bbl' => 9591.411671,8860.714604,8237.936509,7700.523067,7231.831842,6819.307902,6453.297235,6126.251755,5832.182748,5566.276532,5324.618706,5103.992757,4901.730597,4715.600022,4543.718862,4384.488699,4236.543136,4098.707009,3969.963937,3849.430276,3736.33405,3629.997786,3529.824424,3435.28568,3345.912388,3261.286414,3181.033882,3104.819438,3032.341401,2963.327615,2897.531915,2834.731083,2774.722219,2717.320479,2662.357097,2609.677666,2559.140642,2510.616021,2463.984182,2419.134871,2375.966292,2334.384311,2294.301748,2255.637735,2218.317165,2182.270173,2147.431696,2113.741056,2081.141602,2049.580377,2019.007821,1989.377502,1960.645871,1932.772042,1905.71759,1879.446367,1853.924338,1829.119424,1805.001366,1781.541597,1758.713122,1736.490414,1714.849315,1693.766943,1673.22161,1653.192744,1633.660817,1614.607284,1596.014514,1577.865741,1560.145009,1542.837121,1525.927597,1509.402632,1493.249056,1477.454298,1462.006352,1446.893746,1432.105512,1417.631159,1403.460647,1389.584361,1375.993094,1362.678018,1349.630672,1336.842938,1324.307026,1312.015455,1299.961043,1288.136885,1276.536347,1265.153047,1253.980847,1243.013838,1232.246332,1221.672852,1211.288119,1201.087047,1191.064732,1181.216443,1171.537618,1162.023853,1152.670896,1143.474642,1134.431125,1125.536513,1116.787101,1108.179309,1099.709672,1091.37484,1083.171571,1075.096725,1067.147265,1059.320247,1051.612821,1044.022223,1036.545778,1029.180889,1021.92504,1014.775789

data/examples/extractive.csv~

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+oil-bbl,9591.411671,8860.714604,8237.936509,7700.523067,7231.831842,6819.307902,6453.297235,6126.251755,5832.182748,5566.276532,5324.618706,5103.992757,4901.730597,4715.600022,4543.718862,4384.488699,4236.543136,4098.707009,3969.963937,3849.430276,3736.33405,3629.997786,3529.824424,3435.28568,3345.912388,3261.286414,3181.033882,3104.819438,3032.341401,2963.327615,2897.531915,2834.731083,2774.722219,2717.320479,2662.357097,2609.677666,2559.140642,2510.616021,2463.984182,2419.134871,2375.966292,2334.384311,2294.301748,2255.637735,2218.317165,2182.270173,2147.431696,2113.741056,2081.141602,2049.580377,2019.007821,1989.377502,1960.645871,1932.772042,1905.71759,1879.446367,1853.924338,1829.119424,1805.001366,1781.541597,1758.713122,1736.490414,1714.849315,1693.766943,1673.22161,1653.192744,1633.660817,1614.607284,1596.014514,1577.865741,1560.145009,1542.837121,1525.927597,1509.402632,1493.249056,1477.454298,1462.006352,1446.893746,1432.105512,1417.631159,1403.460647,1389.584361,1375.993094,1362.678018,1349.630672,1336.842938,1324.307026,1312.015455,1299.961043,1288.136885,1276.536347,1265.153047,1253.980847,1243.013838,1232.246332,1221.672852,1211.288119,1201.087047,1191.064732,1181.216443,1171.537618,1162.023853,1152.670896,1143.474642,1134.431125,1125.536513,1116.787101,1108.179309,1099.709672,1091.37484,1083.171571,1075.096725,1067.147265,1059.320247,1051.612821,1044.022223,1036.545778,1029.180889,1021.92504,1014.775789

data/examples/extractive.rb

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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby -w -s
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../lib"
+require 'axlsx'
+
+data = [ ['oil-bbl',9591.411671,8860.714604,8237.936509,7700.523067,7231.831842,6819.307902,6453.297235,6126.251755,5832.182748,5566.276532,5324.618706,5103.992757,4901.730597,4715.600022,4543.718862,4384.488699,4236.543136,4098.707009,3969.963937,3849.430276,3736.33405,3629.997786,3529.824424,3435.28568,3345.912388,3261.286414,3181.033882,3104.819438,3032.341401,2963.327615,2897.531915,2834.731083,2774.722219,2717.320479,2662.357097,2609.677666,2559.140642,2510.616021,2463.984182,2419.134871,2375.966292,2334.384311,2294.301748,2255.637735,2218.317165,2182.270173,2147.431696,2113.741056,2081.141602,2049.580377,2019.007821,1989.377502,1960.645871,1932.772042,1905.71759,1879.446367,1853.924338,1829.119424,1805.001366,1781.541597,1758.713122,1736.490414,1714.849315,1693.766943,1673.22161,1653.192744,1633.660817,1614.607284,1596.014514,1577.865741,1560.145009,1542.837121,1525.927597,1509.402632,1493.249056,1477.454298,1462.006352,1446.893746,1432.105512,1417.631159,1403.460647,1389.584361,1375.993094,1362.678018,1349.630672,1336.842938,1324.307026,1312.015455,1299.961043,1288.136885,1276.536347,1265.153047,1253.980847,1243.013838,1232.246332,1221.672852,1211.288119,1201.087047,1191.064732,1181.216443,1171.537618,1162.023853,1152.670896,1143.474642,1134.431125,1125.536513,1116.787101,1108.179309,1099.709672,1091.37484,1083.171571,1075.096725,1067.147265,1059.320247,1051.612821,1044.022223,1036.545778,1029.180889,1021.92504,1014.775789],
+
+['gas-mcf', 940970.153,836556.732,748476.939,673307.64,608520.158,552204.935,502892.3,459432.263,420911.806,386596.658,355889.491,328299.357,303418.988,280907.679,260478.232,241886.857,224925.287,209414.552,195200.029,182147.455,170139.707,159074.174,148860.596,139419.282,130679.626,122578.864,115061.035,108076.1,101579.19,95529.972,89892.104,84632.762,79722.24,75133.597,70842.349,66826.213,63064.865,59539.742,56233.86,53131.662,50218.869,47482.365,44910.082,42490.907,40214.588,38071.662,36053.382,34151.656,32358.989,30668.434,29073.545,27568.334,26147.237,24805.079,23537.041,22338.633,21205.67,20134.246,19120.717,18161.677,17253.941,16394.533,15580.663,14809.724,14079.269,13387.006,12730.786,12108.59,11518.524,10958.809,10427.774,9923.847,9445.55,8991.492,8560.364,8150.934,7762.041,7392.59,7041.551,6707.951,6390.874,6089.452,5802.871,5530.358,5271.185,5024.664,4790.145,4567.013,4354.687,4152.618,3960.286,3777.198,3602.889,3436.919,3278.87,3128.347,2984.976,2848.401,2718.287,2594.316,2476.184,2363.606,2256.309,2154.037,2056.545,1963.599,1874.982,1790.482,1709.903,1633.054,1559.758,1489.844,1423.151,1359.525,1298.821,1240.899,1185.628,1132.883,1082.544,1034.499],
+
+['water-bbl',940.97,836.557,748.477,673.308,608.52,552.205,502.892,459.432,420.912,386.597,355.889,328.299,303.419,280.908,260.478,241.887,224.925,209.415,195.2,182.147,170.14,159.074,148.861,139.419,130.68,122.579,115.061,108.076,101.579,95.53,89.892,84.633,79.722,75.134,70.842,66.826,63.065,59.54,56.234,53.132,50.219,47.482,44.91,42.491,40.215,38.072,36.053,34.152,32.359,30.668,29.074,27.568,26.147,24.805,23.537,22.339,21.206,20.134,19.121,18.162,17.254,16.395,15.581,14.81,14.079,13.387,12.731,12.109,11.519,10.959,10.428,9.924,9.446,8.991,8.56,8.151,7.762,7.393,7.042,6.708,6.391,6.089,5.803,5.53,5.271,5.025,4.79,4.567,4.355,4.153,3.96,3.777,3.603,3.437,3.279,3.128,2.985,2.848,2.718,2.594,2.476,2.364,2.256,2.154,2.057,1.964,1.875,1.79,1.71,1.633,1.56,1.49,1.423,1.36,1.299,1.241,1.186,1.133,1.083,1.034] ]
+
+p = Axlsx::Package.new
+wb = p.workbook
+wb.add_worksheet(:name => 'volumes') do |ws|
+  # perspective, rotX and rotY flatten the 3D chart
+  # hPercent sets the chart height to 100%
+  chart = ws.add_chart(Axlsx::Line3DChart, :perspective => 0, :hPercent => 100, :rotX => 0, :rotY => 0, :start_at => "A4", :end_at => 'M44', :title => 'Monthly forcast for Type Curve Gas secondary - gross ngl')
+
+  # Set up log based scaling and appropriate min/max values for Y axis
+  chart.valAxis.scaling.logBase = 10
+  chart.valAxis.scaling.min = 0.1
+  chart.valAxis.scaling.max = 10000000.0
+
+  # No poing in showing the series axis labels as the chart is flattened!
+  chart.serAxis.delete = true
+
+  # Knock the catAxis labels down to the forced min.
+  chart.catAxis.crosses = :min
+  # set up cat labels / markes to show every 12th item
+  chart.catAxis.tickLblSkip = 12
+  chart.catAxis.tickMarkSkip = 12
+
+  #rgb colors for our data series
+  colors = ['00FF00', 'FF0000', '0000FF']
+  data.each_with_index do |value, index|
+    ws.add_row value
+    chart.add_series :data => ws.rows.last.cells[(1..value.size-1)], :labels => (0..value.size).map{ |i| i }, :title => ws.rows.last.cells.first, :color => colors[index]
+  end
+end
+
+p.serialize 'extractive.xlsx'

data/examples/extractive.rb~

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+data = {:'oil-bbl' => [9591.411671,8860.714604,8237.936509,7700.523067,7231.831842,6819.307902,6453.297235,6126.251755,5832.182748,5566.276532,5324.618706,5103.992757,4901.730597,4715.600022,4543.718862,4384.488699,4236.543136,4098.707009,3969.963937,3849.430276,3736.33405,3629.997786,3529.824424,3435.28568,3345.912388,3261.286414,3181.033882,3104.819438,3032.341401,2963.327615,2897.531915,2834.731083,2774.722219,2717.320479,2662.357097,2609.677666,2559.140642,2510.616021,2463.984182,2419.134871,2375.966292,2334.384311,2294.301748,2255.637735,2218.317165,2182.270173,2147.431696,2113.741056,2081.141602,2049.580377,2019.007821,1989.377502,1960.645871,1932.772042,1905.71759,1879.446367,1853.924338,1829.119424,1805.001366,1781.541597,1758.713122,1736.490414,1714.849315,1693.766943,1673.22161,1653.192744,1633.660817,1614.607284,1596.014514,1577.865741,1560.145009,1542.837121,1525.927597,1509.402632,1493.249056,1477.454298,1462.006352,1446.893746,1432.105512,1417.631159,1403.460647,1389.584361,1375.993094,1362.678018,1349.630672,1336.842938,1324.307026,1312.015455,1299.961043,1288.136885,1276.536347,1265.153047,1253.980847,1243.013838,1232.246332,1221.672852,1211.288119,1201.087047,1191.064732,1181.216443,1171.537618,1162.023853,1152.670896,1143.474642,1134.431125,1125.536513,1116.787101,1108.179309,1099.709672,1091.37484,1083.171571,1075.096725,1067.147265,1059.320247,1051.612821,1044.022223,1036.545778,1029.180889,1021.92504,1014.775789]
+:'gas-mcf' => [940970.153,836556.732,748476.939,673307.64,608520.158,552204.935,502892.3,459432.263,420911.806,386596.658,355889.491,328299.357,303418.988,280907.679,260478.232,241886.857,224925.287,209414.552,195200.029,182147.455,170139.707,159074.174,148860.596,139419.282,130679.626,122578.864,115061.035,108076.1,101579.19,95529.972,89892.104,84632.762,79722.24,75133.597,70842.349,66826.213,63064.865,59539.742,56233.86,53131.662,50218.869,47482.365,44910.082,42490.907,40214.588,38071.662,36053.382,34151.656,32358.989,30668.434,29073.545,27568.334,26147.237,24805.079,23537.041,22338.633,21205.67,20134.246,19120.717,18161.677,17253.941,16394.533,15580.663,14809.724,14079.269,13387.006,12730.786,12108.59,11518.524,10958.809,10427.774,9923.847,9445.55,8991.492,8560.364,8150.934,7762.041,7392.59,7041.551,6707.951,6390.874,6089.452,5802.871,5530.358,5271.185,5024.664,4790.145,4567.013,4354.687,4152.618,3960.286,3777.198,3602.889,3436.919,3278.87,3128.347,2984.976,2848.401,2718.287,2594.316,2476.184,2363.606,2256.309,2154.037,2056.545,1963.599,1874.982,1790.482,1709.903,1633.054,1559.758,1489.844,1423.151,1359.525,1298.821,1240.899,1185.628,1132.883,1082.544,1034.499]
+  :'water-bbl' => [940.97,836.557,748.477,673.308,608.52,552.205,502.892,459.432,420.912,386.597,355.889,328.299,303.419,280.908,260.478,241.887,224.925,209.415,195.2,182.147,170.14,159.074,148.861,139.419,130.68,122.579,115.061,108.076,101.579,95.53,89.892,84.633,79.722,75.134,70.842,66.826,63.065,59.54,56.234,53.132,50.219,47.482,44.91,42.491,40.215,38.072,36.053,34.152,32.359,30.668,29.074,27.568,26.147,24.805,23.537,22.339,21.206,20.134,19.121,18.162,17.254,16.395,15.581,14.81,14.079,13.387,12.731,12.109,11.519,10.959,10.428,9.924,9.446,8.991,8.56,8.151,7.762,7.393,7.042,6.708,6.391,6.089,5.803,5.53,5.271,5.025,4.79,4.567,4.355,4.153,3.96,3.777,3.603,3.437,3.279,3.128,2.985,2.848,2.718,2.594,2.476,2.364,2.256,2.154,2.057,1.964,1.875,1.79,1.71,1.633,1.56,1.49,1.423,1.36,1.299,1.241,1.186,1.133,1.083,1.034]}

data/examples/stack.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby -w -s
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../lib"
+require 'axlsx'
+
+Axlsx::Worksheet.class_eval do
+  def add_row_with_position(values = [], options = {})
+    values = Array.new(options[:start_at] || 0) + values
+    add_row(values, options)
+  end
+end
+
+p = Axlsx::Package.new
+wb = p.workbook
+wb.add_worksheet do |ws|
+ws.add_row_with_position [1,2,3,4,5]
+ws.add_row_with_position [1,2,3,4,5], :start_at => 5
+
+end
+p.validate.each { |e| puts e.message }
+p.serialize("stack.xlsx")

data/examples/stack.rb~

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby -w -s
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/../lib"
+require 'axlsx'
+
+Axlsx::Worksheet.class_eval do
+  def add_row_with_position(values = [], options = {})
+    if options.try(:[], :start_at).present?
+      val = []
+      options[:start_at].times { val.push nil}
+      options.delete(:start_at)
+      values = val + values
+    end
+    add_row_without_position(values, options)
+  end
+  alias_method_chain :add_row, :add_row_without_position
+end
+
+
+
+p = Axlsx::Package.new
+wb = p.workbook
+wb.add_worksheet do |ws|
+ws.add_row_with_position([1,2,3,4,5], :start_at => 5)
+end
+p.validate.each { |e| puts e.message }
+p.serialize("no-use_autowidth.xlsx")

data/lib/axlsx/drawing/ax_data_source.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+module Axlsx
+  # An axis data source that can contain referenced or literal strings or numbers
+  # @note only string data types are supported - mainly because we have not implemented a chart type that requires a numerical axis value
+  class AxDataSource < NumDataSource
+
+    # allowed element tag names
+    # @return [Array]
+    def self.allowed_tag_names
+      [:xVal, :cat]
+    end
+
+    # creates a new NumDataSource object
+    # @option options [Array] data An array of Cells or Numeric objects
+    # @option options [Symbol] tag_name see tag_name
+    def initialize(options={})
+      @tag_name = :cat
+      @data_type = StrData
+      @ref_tag_name = :strRef
+      super(options)
+    end
+
+  end
+
+end
+

data/lib/axlsx/drawing/ax_data_source.rb~

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+module Axlsx
+  # An axis data source that can contain referenced or literal strings or numbers
+  # @note only string data types are supported - mainly because we have not implemented a chart type that requires a numerical axis value
+  class AxDataSource
+
+    # The tag name to use when serializing this data source.
+    # Only items defined in allowed_tag_names are allowed
+    # @return [Symbol]
+    attr_reader :tag_name
+
+    attr_reader :data
+
+    # allowed element tag names
+    # @return [Array]
+    def self.allowed_tag_names
+      [:xVal, :cat]
+    end
+
+    # creates a new NumDataSource object
+    # @option options [Array] data An array of Cells or Numeric objects
+    # @option options [Symbol] tag_name see tag_name
+    def initialize(options={})
+      @f = nil
+      @tag_name = :cat
+      @data = StrData.new(options)
+      if options[:data] && options[:data].first.is_a?(Cell)
+        @f = Axlsx::cell_range(options[:data])
+      end
+      options.each do |o|
+        self.send("#{o[0]}=", o[1]) if self.respond_to? "#{o[0]}="
+      end
+    end
+
+    # sets the tag name for this data source
+    # @param [Symbol] One of the allowed_tag_names
+    def tag_name=(v)
+      Axlsx::RestrictionValidator.validate "#{self.class.name}.tag_name", self.class.allowed_tag_names, v
+      @tag_name = v
+    end
+
+    def to_xml_string(str="")
+      str << '<c:' << tag_name.to_s << '>'
+      if @f
+        str << '<c:strRef>'
+        str << '<c:f>' << @f.to_s << '</c:f>'
+      end
+      @data.to_xml_string str
+      if @f
+        str << '</c:strRef>'
+      end
+      str << '</c:' << tag_name.to_s << '>'
+    end
+  end
+end
+

data/lib/axlsx/drawing/axis.rb

@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ module Axlsx
     # @return [Boolean]
     attr_reader :gridlines
 
+    # specifies if gridlines should be shown in the chart
+    # @return [Boolean]
+    attr_reader :delete
+
     # Creates an Axis object
     # @param [Integer] axId the id of this axis
     # @param [Integer] crossAx the id of the perpendicular axis
@@ -57,7 +61,7 @@ module Axlsx
       @axId = axId
       @crossAx = crossAx
       @format_code = "General"
-      @label_rotation = 0
+      @delete = @label_rotation = 0
       @scaling = Scaling.new(:orientation=>:minMax)
       self.axPos = :b
       self.tickLblPos = :nextTo
@@ -84,6 +88,11 @@ module Axlsx
     # default true
     def gridlines=(v) Axlsx::validate_boolean(v); @gridlines = v; end
 
+
+    # Specify if axis should be removed from the chart
+    # default false
+    def delete=(v) Axlsx::validate_boolean(v); @delete = v; end
+
     # specifies how the perpendicular axis is crossed
     # must be one of [:autoZero, :min, :max]
     def crosses=(v) RestrictionValidator.validate "#{self.class}.crosses", [:autoZero, :min, :max], v; @crosses = v; end
@@ -104,7 +113,7 @@ module Axlsx
     def to_xml_string(str = '')
       str << '<c:axId val="' << @axId.to_s << '"/>'
       @scaling.to_xml_string str
-      str << '<c:delete val="0"/>'
+      str << '<c:delete val="'<< @delete.to_s << '"/>'
       str << '<c:axPos val="' << @axPos.to_s << '"/>'
       str << '<c:majorGridlines>'
       if self.gridlines == false
@@ -120,7 +129,7 @@ module Axlsx
       str << '<c:minorTickMark val="none"/>'
       str << '<c:tickLblPos val="' << @tickLblPos.to_s << '"/>'
       # some potential value in implementing this in full. Very detailed!
-      str << "<c:txPr><a:bodyPr rot='#{@label_rotation}'/><a:lstStyle/><a:p><a:pPr><a:defRPr/></a:pPr><a:endParaRPr/></a:p></c:txPr>"
+      str << '<c:txPr><a:bodyPr rot="' << @label_rotation.to_s << '"/><a:lstStyle/><a:p><a:pPr><a:defRPr/></a:pPr><a:endParaRPr/></a:p></c:txPr>'
       str << '<c:crossAx val="' << @crossAx.to_s << '"/>'
       str << '<c:crosses val="' << @crosses.to_s << '"/>'
     end

data/lib/axlsx/drawing/bar_series.rb

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module Axlsx
 
 
     # The data for this series.
-    # @return [Array, SimpleTypedList]
+    # @return [NumDataSource]
     attr_reader :data
 
     # The labels for this series.
@@ -20,19 +20,27 @@ module Axlsx
     # @return [Symbol]
     attr_reader :shape
 
+    # An array of rgb colors to apply to your bar chart.
+    attr_reader :colors
+
     # Creates a new series
     # @option options [Array, SimpleTypedList] data
     # @option options [Array, SimpleTypedList] labels
     # @option options [String] title
     # @option options [String] shape
+    # @option options [String] colors an array of colors to use when rendering each data point
     # @param [Chart] chart
     def initialize(chart, options={})
       @shape = :box
+      @colors = []
       super(chart, options)
-      self.labels = CatAxisData.new(options[:labels]) unless options[:labels].nil?
-      self.data = ValAxisData.new(options[:data]) unless options[:data].nil?
+      self.labels = AxDataSource.new({:data => options[:labels]}) unless options[:labels].nil?
+      self.data = NumDataSource.new(options) unless options[:data].nil?
     end
 
+    # @see colors
+    def colors=(v) DataTypeValidator.validate "BarSeries.colors", [Array], v; @colors = v end
+
     # The shabe of the bars or columns
     # must be one of  [:percentStacked, :clustered, :standard, :stacked]
     def shape=(v)
@@ -45,19 +53,28 @@ module Axlsx
     # @return [String]
     def to_xml_string(str = '')
       super(str) do |str_inner|
+
+        colors.each_with_index do |c, index|
+          str_inner << '<c:dPt>'
+          str_inner << '<c:idx val="' << index.to_s << '"/>'
+          str_inner << '<c:spPr><a:solidFill>'
+          str_inner << '<a:srgbClr val="' << c << '"/>'
+          str_inner << '</a:solidFill></c:spPr></c:dPt>'
+        end
+
         @labels.to_xml_string(str_inner) unless @labels.nil?
         @data.to_xml_string(str_inner) unless @data.nil?
-        str_inner << '<shape val="' << @shape.to_s << '"/>'
+        str_inner << '<c:shape val="' << shape.to_s << '"></c:shape>'
       end
     end
 
     private
 
     # assigns the data for this series
-    def data=(v) DataTypeValidator.validate "Series.data", [SimpleTypedList], v; @data = v; end
+    def data=(v) DataTypeValidator.validate "Series.data", [NumDataSource], v; @data = v; end
 
     # assigns the labels for this series
-    def labels=(v) DataTypeValidator.validate "Series.labels", [SimpleTypedList], v; @labels = v; end
+    def labels=(v) DataTypeValidator.validate "Series.labels", [AxDataSource], v; @labels = v; end
 
   end
 

data/lib/axlsx/drawing/cat_axis.rb

@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@ module Axlsx
     # @return [Integer]
     attr_reader :lblOffset
 
+
+    # The number of tick lables to skip between labels
+    # @return [Integer]
+    attr_reader :tickLblSkip
+
+    # The number of tickmarks to be skipped before the next one is rendered.
+    # @return [Boolean]
+    attr_reader :tickMarkSkip
+
+
     # regex for validating label offset
     LBL_OFFSET_REGEX = /0*(([0-9])|([1-9][0-9])|([1-9][0-9][0-9])|1000)%/
 
@@ -29,13 +39,25 @@ module Axlsx
     # @option options [Boolean] auto
     # @option options [Symbol] lblAlgn
     # @option options [Integer] lblOffset
+    # @option options [Integer] tickLblSkip
+    # @option options [Integer] tickMarkSkip
     def initialize(axId, crossAx, options={})
+      @tickLblSkip = 1
+      @tickMarkSkip = 1
       self.auto = 1
       self.lblAlgn = :ctr
       self.lblOffset = "100%"
       super(axId, crossAx, options)
     end
 
+
+    # @see tickLblSkip
+    def tickLblSkip=(v) Axlsx::validate_unsigned_int(v); @tickLblSkip = v; end
+
+    # @see tickMarkSkip
+    def tickMarkSkip=(v) Axlsx::validate_unsigned_int(v); @tickMarkSkip = v; end
+
+
     # From the docs: This element specifies that this axis is a date or text axis based on the data that is used for the axis labels, not a specific choice.
     def auto=(v) Axlsx::validate_boolean(v); @auto = v; end
 
@@ -56,6 +78,8 @@ module Axlsx
       str << '<c:auto val="' << @auto.to_s << '"/>'
       str << '<c:lblAlgn val="' << @lblAlgn.to_s << '"/>'
       str << '<c:lblOffset val="' << @lblOffset.to_s << '"/>'
+      str << '<c:tickLblSkip val="' << @tickLblSkip.to_s << '"/>'
+      str << '<c:tickMarkSkip val="' << @tickMarkSkip.to_s << '"/>'
       str << '</c:catAx>'
     end
 

data/lib/axlsx/drawing/chart.rb

@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ module Axlsx
     # @param [GraphicalFrame] frame The frame that holds this chart.
     # @option options [Cell, String] title
     # @option options [Boolean] show_legend
+    # @option options [Array|String|Cell] start_at The X, Y coordinates defining the top left corner of the chart.
+    # @option options [Array|String|Cell] end_at The X, Y coordinates defining the bottom right corner of the chart.
     def initialize(frame, options={})
       @style = 2
       @view3D = nil
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ module Axlsx
         self.send("#{o[0]}=", o[1]) if self.respond_to? "#{o[0]}="
       end
       start_at(*options[:start_at]) if options[:start_at]
-      end_at(*options[:end_at]) if options[:start_at]
+      end_at(*options[:end_at]) if options[:end_at]
       yield self if block_given?
     end
 
@@ -153,7 +155,7 @@ module Axlsx
     # @param [Integer] x The column
     # @param [Integer] y The row
     # @return [Marker]
-    def start_at(x, y=0)
+    def start_at(x=0, y=0)
       x, y = *parse_coord_args(x, y)
       @graphic_frame.anchor.from.col = x
       @graphic_frame.anchor.from.row = y
@@ -162,10 +164,10 @@ module Axlsx
     # This is a short cut method to set the end anchor position
     # If you need finer granularity in positioning use
     # graphic_frame.anchor.to.colOff / rowOff
-    # @param [Integer] x The column
-    # @param [Integer] y The row
+    # @param [Integer] x The column - default 10
+    # @param [Integer] y The row - default 10
     # @return [Marker]
-    def end_at(x, y=0)
+    def end_at(x=10, y=10)
       x, y = *parse_coord_args(x, y)
       @graphic_frame.anchor.to.col = x
       @graphic_frame.anchor.to.row = y

data/lib/axlsx/drawing/data_source.rb~

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+module Axlsx
+
+  # Base class for xVal, yVal and val and cat data sources
+  # @note xVal and cat are AxDataSource elements while yVal and val are NumDataSource elements
+  # The difference being that with AxDataSource elements, the data can be numLit, numRef, strLit or strRef
+  # while NumDataSource elements can only be numLit or numRef
+  class DataSource
+
+    def self.allowed_tag_names
+      [:yVal, :xVal, :val, :cat]
+    end
+
+    def self.allowed_types
+      [NumData, StrData]
+    end
+
+    attr_reader :tag_name
+
+    attr_reader :data
+
+    def initialize(type, data=[], options={})
+      Axlsx::RestrictionValidator.validate "#{self.class.name}", self.class.allowed_types, type
+      @data = type.new(:data = data)
+      tag_name = :val
+      options.each do |o|
+        self.send("#{o[0]}=", o[1]) if self.respond_to? "#{o[0]}="
+      end
+    end
+
+    def tag_name=(v)
+      Axlsx::RestrictionValidator.validate "#{self.class.name}.tag_name", self.class.allowed_tag_names, v
+      @tag_name = v
+    end
+
+    def f
+      is_reference? ? Axlsx::cell_range(data) : ''
+    end
+
+    def is_reference?
+      @data.first.is_a? Cell
+    end
+
+    def to_xml_string(str = '')
+      str << '<c:' << tag_name.to_s << '>'
+      @data.to_xml_string str
+      str << '</c:' << tag_name.to_s << '>'
+    end
+
+  end
+
+end