# include # include # include # include # include int main ( ); void timestamp ( ); /******************************************************************************/ int main ( ) /******************************************************************************/ /* Purpose: album_bar() creates a bar plot of data for music album sales over time. Licensing: This code is distributed under the MIT license. Modified: 18 July 2018 Author: John Burkardt */ { char command_filename[] = "album_commands.txt"; FILE *command; char data_filename[] = "album_data.txt"; char graphic_filename[] = "album_bar.png"; timestamp ( ); printf ( "\n" ); printf ( "album_bar():\n" ); printf ( " C version\n" ); printf ( " Create a bar plot of music album sales over time.\n" ); printf ( " Create corresponding gnuplot() input files.\n" ); /* Create the command file. */ command = fopen ( command_filename, "wt" ); fprintf ( command, "# %s\n", command_filename ); fprintf ( command, "#\n" ); fprintf ( command, "# Usage:\n" ); fprintf ( command, "# gnuplot < %s\n", command_filename ); fprintf ( command, "#\n" ); fprintf ( command, "set term png\n" ); fprintf ( command, "set output '%s'\n", graphic_filename ); fprintf ( command, "set xlabel '<--- Year --->'\n" ); fprintf ( command, "set ylabel '<--- Millions --->'\n" ); fprintf ( command, "set title 'Music album sales, all formats'\n" ); fprintf ( command, "set grid\n" ); fprintf ( command, "set yrange [0:550]\n" ); fprintf ( command, "set boxwidth 0.8\n" ); fprintf ( command, "set style fill solid\n" ); fprintf ( command, "plot '%s' using 1:2 with boxes lc rgb 'red'\n", data_filename ); fprintf ( command, "quit\n" ); fclose ( command ); printf ( "\n" ); printf ( " Plot commands stored in \"%s\".\n", command_filename ); printf ( " To create plot:\n" ); printf ( " gnuplot < %s\n", command_filename ); /* Terminate. */ printf ( "\n" ); printf ( "album_bar():\n" ); printf ( " Normal end of execution.\n" ); printf ( "\n" ); timestamp ( ); return 0; } /******************************************************************************/ void timestamp ( ) /******************************************************************************/ /* Purpose: TIMESTAMP prints the current YMDHMS date as a time stamp. Example: 17 June 2014 09:45:54 AM Licensing: This code is distributed under the MIT license. Modified: 17 June 2014 Author: John Burkardt Parameters: None */ { # define TIME_SIZE 40 static char time_buffer[TIME_SIZE]; const struct tm *tm; time_t now; now = time ( NULL ); tm = localtime ( &now ); strftime ( time_buffer, TIME_SIZE, "%d %B %Y %I:%M:%S %p", tm ); printf ( "%s\n", time_buffer ); return; # undef TIME_SIZE }