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[Highcharts Area Chart](#) The following example demonstrates a basic area chart. We have already learned the basic configuration syntax of Highcharts in previous chapters. Next, let's look at other configurations: * * * ## Configuration ### chart The `chart.type` configuration option is used to set the chart type. The default is "line". In this chapter, we use 'area'. var chart = { type: 'area'}; ### Example File name: highcharts_area_basic.htm $(document).ready(function() { var chart = { type: 'area' }; var title = { text: 'US and USSR nuclear stockpiles' }; var subtitle = { text: 'Source: ' + 'thebulletin.metapress.com' }; var xAxis = { allowDecimals: false, labels: { formatter: function () { return this.value; // clean, unformatted number for year } } }; var yAxis = { title: { text: 'Nuclear weapon states' }, labels: { formatter: function () { return this.value / 1000 + 'k'; } } }; var tooltip = { pointFormat: '{series.name} produced {point.y:,.0f}
warheads in {point.x}' }; var plotOptions = { area: { pointStart: 1940, marker: { enabled: false, symbol: 'circle', radius: 2, states: { hover: { enabled: true } } } } }; var series= [{ name: 'USA', data: [null, null, null, null, null, 6, 11, 32, 110, 235, 369, 640, 1005, 1436, 2063, 3057, 4618, 6444, 9822, 15468, 20434, 24126, 27387, 29459, 31056, 31982, 32040, 31233, 29224, 27342, 26662, 26956, 27912, 28999, 28965, 27826, 25579, 25722, 24826, 24605, 24304, 23464, 23708, 24099, 24357, 24237, 24401, 24344, 23586, 22380, 21004, 17287, 14747, 13076, 12555, 12144, 11009, 10950, 10871, 10824, 10577, 10527, 10475, 10421, 10358, 10295, 10104] }, { name: 'USSR/Russia', data: [null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, 5, 25, 50, 120, 150, 200, 426, 660, 869, 1060, 1605, 2471, 3322, 4238, 5221, 6129, 7089, 8339, 9399, 10538, 11643, 13092, 14478, 15915, 17385, 19055, 21205, 23044, 25393, 27935, 30062, 32049, 33952, 35804, 37431, 39197, 45000, 43000, 41000, 39000, 37000, 35000, 33000, 31000, 29000, 27000, 25000, 24000, 23000, 22000, 21000, 20000, 19000, 18000, 18000, 17000, 16000] } ]; var json = {}; json.chart = chart; json.title = title; json.subtitle = subtitle; json.tooltip = tooltip; json.xAxis = xAxis; json.yAxis = yAxis; json.series = series; json.plotOptions = plotOptions; $('#container').highcharts(json); }); The output of the above example is: [Highcharts Area Chart](#)