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Charts

Turn a block of values into a pie, bar, or line chart with one word.

A line that says pie, bar, or line charts the block of values above it, right inside the document. Labels come from your variable names, and the chart redraws live as you edit. Spanish: tarta, barras, and línea.

rent = 800
food = 200
fun = 90
pie
800
200
90
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Bar and line

bar and line share the same block rule as pie. bar is best for comparing amounts; line is best for a trend, like spending across quarters. Reassigning a variable shows one bar, not two: the latest value wins.

q1 = 38
q2 = 41
q3 = 35
q4 = 44
line
38
41
35
44
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Growth curves

Point a line chart at a single compound-interest line and it draws the year-by-year curve, not one flat point. The interest on form charts just the interest earned, the same way.

$1,000 after 3 years at 7%
line
$1,225.04
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Chart rules

Charts use the same block rule as subtotal, so a blank line or heading starts a fresh block. Lines without names are labeled by their own text. All values in one chart must share a unit: a pie of dollars and kilometers would be meaningless, so it is an error. Chart lines end a block for later subtotals but are ignored by total, and a chart above never blocks a total below. Charts appear on the exported share image too.

12 * 4
30 + 5
bar
48
35
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