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/**
 * Visualize an HTML table using Highcharts. The top (horizontal) header 
 * is used for series names, and the left (vertical) header is used 
 * for category names. This function is based on jQuery.
 * @param {Object} table The reference to the HTML table to visualize
 * @param {Object} options Highcharts options
 */
Highcharts.visualize = function(table, options) {
   // the categories
   options.xAxis.categories = [];
   $('tbody th', table).each( function(i) {
      options.xAxis.categories.push(this.innerHTML);
   });
   
   // the data series
   options.series = [];
   $('tr', table).each( function(i) {
      var tr = this;
      $('th, td', tr).each( function(j) {
         if (j > 0) { // skip first column
            if (i == 0) { // get the name and init the series
               options.series[j - 1] = { 
                  name: this.innerHTML,
                  data: []
               };
            } else { // add values
               options.series[j - 1].data.push(parseFloat(this.innerHTML));
            }
         }
      });
   });
   
   var chart = new Highcharts.Chart(options);
}
   
// On document ready, call visualize on the datatable.
$(document).ready(function() {         
   var table = document.getElementById('datatable'),
   options = {
         chart: {
            renderTo: 'container',
            defaultSeriesType: 'column'
         },
         title: {
            text: 'Data extracted from a HTML table in the page'
         },
         xAxis: {
         },
         yAxis: {
            title: {
               text: 'Units'
            }
         },
         tooltip: {
            formatter: function() {
               return '<b>'+ this.series.name +'</b><br/>'+
                  this.y +' '+ this.x.toLowerCase();
            }
         }
      };
   
                     
   Highcharts.visualize(table, options);
});