From 7a1f1877f3979293d8f2c64c2b274b09b93d4135 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Vartanian <flooey@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2011 23:30:08 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Extract the granularity-picking code of the date ticker into
 a new function.

Extracting the granularity-selecting code into a new function, it would be
useful for me to be able to call that in my own ticker.
---
 dygraph-tickers.js | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dygraph-tickers.js b/dygraph-tickers.js
index 46fe765..64cf59f 100644
--- a/dygraph-tickers.js
+++ b/dygraph-tickers.js
@@ -199,15 +199,7 @@ Dygraph.numericTicks = function(a, b, pixels, opts, dygraph, vals) {
 
 
 Dygraph.dateTicker = function(a, b, pixels, opts, dygraph, vals) {
-  var pixels_per_tick = opts('pixelsPerLabel');
-  var chosen = -1;
-  for (var i = 0; i < Dygraph.NUM_GRANULARITIES; i++) {
-    var num_ticks = Dygraph.numDateTicks(a, b, i);
-    if (pixels / num_ticks >= pixels_per_tick) {
-      chosen = i;
-      break;
-    }
-  }
+  var chosen = Dygraph.pickDateTickGranularity(a, b, pixels, opts);
 
   if (chosen >= 0) {
     return Dygraph.getDateAxis(a, b, chosen, opts, dygraph);
@@ -277,6 +269,27 @@ Dygraph.PREFERRED_LOG_TICK_VALUES = function() {
   return vals;
 }();
 
+/**
+ * Determine the correct granularity of ticks on a date axis.
+ *
+ * @param {Number} a Left edge of the chart (ms)
+ * @param {Number} b Right edge of the chart (ms)
+ * @param {Number} pixels Size of the chart in the relevant dimension (width).
+ * @param {Function} opts Function mapping from option name -> value.
+ * @return {Number} The appropriate axis granularity for this chart. See the
+ * enumeration of possible values in dygraph-tickers.js.
+ */
+Dygraph.pickDateTickGranularity = function(a, b, pixels, opts) {
+  var pixels_per_tick = opts('pixelsPerLabel');
+  for (var i = 0; i < Dygraph.NUM_GRANULARITIES; i++) {
+    var num_ticks = Dygraph.numDateTicks(a, b, i);
+    if (pixels / num_ticks >= pixels_per_tick) {
+      return i;
+    }
+  }
+  return -1;
+};
+
 Dygraph.numDateTicks = function(start_time, end_time, granularity) {
   if (granularity < Dygraph.MONTHLY) {
     // Generate one tick mark for every fixed interval of time.
-- 
2.7.4