# Column with negatives (Column example)

> WestCoast Charts 1.1.5, release, public Core release, on npm. HTML: https://westcoast-charts.com/gallery/column/column-with-negative/ · Index for agents: https://westcoast-charts.com/llms.txt

Monthly profit and loss, coloured by sign.

- Chart type: `bar` (Bar)
- Collection: Column · Column
- Raw configuration: https://westcoast-charts.com/gallery-src/column/column-with-negative.js
- Standalone example: https://westcoast-charts.com/embed/samples/wcc/gallery/column/column-with-negative.html

## Setup

```js
import WestCoastCharts from 'west-coast-charts'
```

## Options

```js
const options = {
  chart: {
    height: 380,
    fontFamily: "Inter, Geist, \"IBM Plex Sans\", system-ui, sans-serif",
    type: "bar",
    toolbar: {
      show: false
    }
  },
  series: [
    {
      name: "Result k€",
      data: [23, -29, -29, -13, -20, 41, 39, -6, 10, -37, -22, 31, 30, 44, -18, -39, -14, -8]
    }
  ],
  xaxis: {
    categories: ["Jan 25", "Feb 25", "Mar 25", "Apr 25", "May 25", "Jun 25", "Jul 25", "Aug 25", "Sep 25", "Oct 25", "Nov 25", "Dec 25", "Jan 26", "Feb 26", "Mar 26", "Apr 26", "May 26", "Jun 26"],
    labels: {
      rotate: -45
    }
  },
  plotOptions: {
    bar: {
      colors: {
        ranges: [
          {
            from: -1000,
            to: -0.01,
            color: "#e11d48"
          },
          {
            from: 0,
            to: 1000,
            color: "#0d9488"
          }
        ]
      },
      columnWidth: "78%"
    }
  },
  dataLabels: {
    enabled: false
  },
  title: {
    text: "Monthly result"
  },
  theme: {
    mode: "light",
    preset: "coastal"
  }
}

const chart = new WestCoastCharts(document.querySelector('#chart'), options)
await chart.render()
```

## Verify

- Text check (Library 1.1.5): load `west-coast-charts/agent/describe` and call `chart.describe({ format: "json" })` for the actual drawn state. The live reader is on this example’s HTML page.
- Command line (Public agent tools 0.2.3, tested with Library 1.1.5; available from the versioned GitHub release and npm, https://westcoast-charts.com/docs/cli/index.md): `wcc chart export column-column-with-negative.json --out column-column-with-negative.svg --with-table` (save the options above as JSON first)