[web2py] Passing data to jquery

[Johann Spies]

I am fairly new to javascript programming.

Using the  following function I can draw a graph in javascript as long as
the type is some numeric type:


jQuery(document).ready(function() {
 $.jqplot.config.enablePlugins = true; // on the page before plot creation.

line1={{=data}}
$.jqplot('wys', [line1], {
    title:'Articles per year',
    axes:{
        xaxis:{
            renderer:$.jqplot.DateAxisRenderer,
            rendererOptions:{tickRenderer:$.jqplot.CanvasAxisTickRenderer},
            tickOptions:{
             formatString: '%d',
                fontSize:'10pt',
                fontFamily:'Tahoma',
                angle:-30
            }
        },
        yaxis:{tickOptions:{formatString:'%d'}}
    },
    highlighter: {sizeAdjust: 7.5},
    cursor: {show: false}
});

I can work when the data is like this:
line1=[[1970, 49], [1971, 56], [1972, 138]]  where the year (like 1970,
1971...) is on the x-axis.

But when the first value of is a string, javascript receives it like this:

line1=[['1979', 36], ['1980', 47]]

and then obviously it fails.

Can somebody point me to a better way to get clean string data to my  jquery
script please?

Regards
Johann
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