Nice Label Algorithm for Charts with minimum ticks

Question

I need to calculate the Ticklabels and the Tickrange for charts manually.

I know the \"standard\" algorithm for nice ticks (see http://books.google.de/books?id=fvA7

Answer 1

This is the Swift version:

class NiceScale {
    private var minPoint: Double
    private var maxPoint: Double
    private var maxTicks = 10
    private(set) var tickSpacing: Double = 0
    private(set) var range: Double = 0
    private(set) var niceMin: Double = 0
    private(set) var niceMax: Double = 0

    init(min: Double, max: Double) {
        minPoint = min
        maxPoint = max
        calculate()
    }

    func setMinMaxPoints(min: Double, max: Double) {
        minPoint = min
        maxPoint = max
        calculate()
    }

    private func calculate() {
        range = niceNum(maxPoint - minPoint, round: false)
        tickSpacing = niceNum(range / Double((maxTicks - 1)), round: true)
        niceMin = floor(minPoint / tickSpacing) * tickSpacing
        niceMax = floor(maxPoint / tickSpacing) * tickSpacing
    }

    private func niceNum(range: Double, round: Bool) -> Double {
        let exponent = floor(log10(range))
        let fraction = range / pow(10, exponent)
        let niceFraction: Double

        if round {
            if fraction <= 1.5 {
                niceFraction = 1
            } else if fraction <= 3 {
                niceFraction = 2
            } else if fraction <= 7 {
                niceFraction = 5
            } else {
                niceFraction = 10
            }
        } else {
            if fraction <= 1 {
                niceFraction = 1
            } else if fraction <= 2 {
                niceFraction = 2
            } else if fraction <= 5 {
                niceFraction = 5
            } else {
                niceFraction = 10
            }
        }

        return niceFraction * pow(10, exponent)
    }
}