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Find intersection between the chart lines in chartjs


I am trying to create a line chart that presents score level from 1-100.

Line is static and needs to be curved
but the dot on the chart is dynamic value and by that it changes its location along the existing line.

First I was thinking to add additional data that represents only the dot itself, but Y(height) is unknown.
Second attempt led me to create a second line that crosses / intersects the first one in hope of finding intersection point and making it a dot.
Unfortunately, I couldn't find a way to locate intersection.

This is expected result. enter image description here

new Chart(
                 document.getElementById('lineChart'), {
                    type: 'line',
                    data: {
                       datasets: [
                          {
                             data: [
                                {
                                   x: 70, y: 0,
                                },
                                {
                                   x: 70, y: 100,
                             }],
                             fill: false,
                             borderColor: 'red',
                             showLine:true,
                          },
                          {
                             data:  [
                                {
                                   x: 0, y: 2,
                                },
                                {
                                   x: 25, y: 10,
                                },
                                {
                                   x: 50, y: 50,
                                },
                                {
                                   x: 80, y: 90,
                                },
                                {
                                   x: 100, y: 98,
                                }],
                             startWithZero: true,
                             fill:  false,
                             lineTension: 0.3,
                             borderColor: 'blue',
                          }
                       ]
                    },
                    options: {
                       bezierCurve : true,
                       lineTension: 0.3,
                       tooltips: {
                          mode: 'intersect'
                       },
                       scales: {
                          xAxes: [{
                             type: 'linear',
                             ticks: {
                                min: 0, //minimum tick
                                max: 100, //maximum tick
                             },
                          }],
                          yAxes: [{
                             ticks: {
                                bezierCurve : true,
                                min: 0, //minimum tick
                                max: 100, //maximum tick
                             },
                             bezierCurve : true,
                             type: 'linear',
                             lineTension: 0.3,
                             scaleLabel: {
                                lineTension: 0.1,
                                display: true,
                             }
                          }]
                       }
                    }
                 })
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/2.8.0/Chart.min.js"></script>
<body>
    <div style="width: 750px; height: 250px; margin: 0 auto;">
            <canvas style="width: 750px; height: 250px" id="lineChart"></canvas>
        </div>
</body>
You can check snippet in order to see example and how far I got.


Solution

  • Can you try to create dynamic values

           const lineData = [
             { x: 0, y: 2 },
             { x: 10, y: 3 },
             { x: 20, y: 10 },
             { x: 30, y: 20 },
             { x: 40, y: 35 },
             { x: 50, y: 50 },
             { x: 60, y: 65 },
             { x: 70, y: 80 },
             { x: 80, y: 90 },
             { x: 90, y: 97 },
             { x: 100, y: 98 },
          ];
    
          const xValue = 70;
    
          let key = Math.floor(xValue / 10);
          let diff = (lineData[key + 1].y - lineData[key].y) / 10;
          let toAdd = (xValue - lineData[key].x) * diff;
          const yValue = lineData[key].y + toAdd;
    

    And include dynamic values in chartJs code

             new Chart(
                     document.getElementById('lineChart'), {
                        type: 'line',
                        data: {
                           datasets: [
                              {
                                 data: lineData,
                                 startWithZero: true,
                                 fill:  false,
                                 lineTension: 0.3,
                                 borderColor: 'blue',
                              }
                           ]
                        },
                        options: {
                           bezierCurve : true,
                           lineTension: 0.3,
                           tooltips: {
                              mode: 'intersect'
                           },
                           scales: {
                              xAxes: [{
                                 type: 'linear',
                                 ticks: {
                                    min: 0, //minimum tick
                                    max: 100, //maximum tick
                                 },
                              }],
                              yAxes: [{
                                 ticks: {
                                    bezierCurve : true,
                                    min: 0, //minimum tick
                                    max: 100, //maximum tick
                                 },
                                 bezierCurve : true,
                                 type: 'linear',
                                 lineTension: 0.3,
                                 scaleLabel: {
                                    lineTension: 0.1,
                                    display: true,
                                 }
                              }]
                           }
                        }
                     })
    

    const lineData = [
             { x: 0, y: 2 },
             { x: 10, y: 3 },
             { x: 20, y: 10 },
             { x: 30, y: 20 },
             { x: 40, y: 35 },
             { x: 50, y: 50 },
             { x: 60, y: 65 },
             { x: 70, y: 80 },
             { x: 80, y: 90 },
             { x: 90, y: 97 },
             { x: 100, y: 98 },
          ];
    
          const xValue = 70;
    
          let key = Math.floor(xValue / 10);
          let diff = (lineData[key + 1].y - lineData[key].y) / 10;
          let toAdd = (xValue - lineData[key].x) * diff;
          const yValue = lineData[key].y + toAdd;
          
          new Chart(
                     document.getElementById('lineChart'), {
                        type: 'line',
                        data: {
                           datasets: [
                              {
                                 data: lineData,
                                 startWithZero: true,
                                 fill:  false,
                                 lineTension: 0.3,
                                 borderColor: 'blue',
                              }
                           ]
                        },
                        options: {
                           bezierCurve : true,
                           lineTension: 0.3,
                           tooltips: {
                              mode: 'intersect'
                           },
                           scales: {
                              xAxes: [{
                                 type: 'linear',
                                 ticks: {
                                    min: 0, //minimum tick
                                    max: 100, //maximum tick
                                 },
                              }],
                              yAxes: [{
                                 ticks: {
                                    bezierCurve : true,
                                    min: 0, //minimum tick
                                    max: 100, //maximum tick
                                 },
                                 bezierCurve : true,
                                 type: 'linear',
                                 lineTension: 0.3,
                                 scaleLabel: {
                                    lineTension: 0.1,
                                    display: true,
                                 }
                              }]
                           }
                        }
                     })
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/2.8.0/Chart.min.js"></script>
    <body>
        <div style="width: 750px; height: 250px; margin: 0 auto;">
                <canvas style="width: 750px; height: 250px" id="lineChart"></canvas>
            </div>
    </body>