Set categories names from data encoded in a separator-delimited string.

    void object->SetCategoriesFromString( string categories )

#### Arguments

object
  Required. A Chart object.
categories
  Required. A string that specifies the categories names (see SetSeparators).

#### Remarks

You can set the categories in a chart with categories names encoded in a string (i.e. the categories argument). The string must be formatted as a list of names, two consecutive names must be separated by a separator character that can be specified with the SetSeparators method.

Here is an example of categories names encoded in a string with the character ";" as separator.

    myEncodedString= "North America;South America;Europe;Middle East;Asia"

The string argument categories is parsed by the chart object according to the separator characters specified to the chart object (see the SetSeparators method for specifying separator characters and rules).

The ";" character is the default separator character.

#### PHP Sample Code

The following PHP code shows how to store the series and categories of the table below using the SetCategoriesFromString method. This table has two series named "Year 2006" and "Year 2007". The categories are "North America", "South America", "Europe", "Middle East" and "Asia".

| North America | South America | Europe | Middle East | Asia
Year 2006 | 12 | 7.5 | 11.3 | 9.2 | 5.3
Year 2007 | 14 | 9.9 | 13.1 | 11.5 | 4.9

    // Let's build the categories string with ";" as separator
    $sep= ";";
    $ignoremultseparators= true;

    // Before setting the series and categories, we must specify the separators
    $chart->SetSeparators($sep, $ignoremultseparators);

    $myString= "North America" . $sep . "South America" . $sep . "Europe" . $sep . "Middle East" . $sep . "Asia";

    // Fill the chart with the categories stored in the myString variable
    $chart->SetCategoriesFromString($myString);

    // Add the first series "Year 2006"
    $myString= "12" . $sep . "7.5" . $sep . "11.3" . $sep . "9.2" . $sep . "5.3";

    // Fill the first series with the data stored in the myString variable
    $chart->SetSeriesCaption(0, "Year 2006");
    $chart->SetSeriesValuesFromString(0, $myString);

    // Do the same way for the second series "Year 2007"

#### See Also

GetCategory Method | GetValuesCount Method | SetCategoriesFromArray Method | SetSeparators Method

Applies To: Chart Object