Merge pull request #5240 from plotly/disable-convertnumeric-in-autotype

Implement strict autotypenumbers

src/plots/cartesian/axes.js

@@ -216,7 +216,9 @@ var getDataConversions = axes.getDataConversions = function(gd, trace, target, t
     // setup the data-to-calc method.
     if(Array.isArray(d2cTarget)) {
         ax = {
-            type: autoType(targetArray),
+            type: autoType(targetArray, undefined, {
+                autotypenumbers: gd._fullLayout.autotypenumbers
+            }),
             _categories: []
         };
         axes.setConvert(ax);

src/plots/cartesian/axis_autotype.js

@@ -14,23 +14,49 @@ var isNumeric = require('fast-isnumeric');
 var Lib = require('../../lib');
 var BADNUM = require('../../constants/numerical').BADNUM;
 
+var isArrayOrTypedArray = Lib.isArrayOrTypedArray;
+var isDateTime = Lib.isDateTime;
+var cleanNumber = Lib.cleanNumber;
+var round = Math.round;
+
 module.exports = function autoType(array, calendar, opts) {
-    opts = opts || {};
+    var a = array;
+
+    var noMultiCategory = opts.noMultiCategory;
+    if(isArrayOrTypedArray(a) && !a.length) return '-';
+    if(!noMultiCategory && multiCategory(a)) return 'multicategory';
+    if(noMultiCategory && Array.isArray(a[0])) { // no need to flat typed arrays here
+        var b = [];
+        for(var i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
+            if(isArrayOrTypedArray(a[i])) {
+                for(var j = 0; j < a[i].length; j++) {
+                    b.push(a[i][j]);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        a = b;
+    }
+
+    if(moreDates(a, calendar)) return 'date';
 
-    if(!opts.noMultiCategory && multiCategory(array)) return 'multicategory';
-    if(moreDates(array, calendar)) return 'date';
-    if(category(array)) return 'category';
-    if(linearOK(array)) return 'linear';
-    else return '-';
+    var convertNumeric = opts.autotypenumbers !== 'strict'; // compare against strict, just in case autotypenumbers was not provided in opts
+    if(category(a, convertNumeric)) return 'category';
+    if(linearOK(a, convertNumeric)) return 'linear';
+
+    return '-';
 };
 
+function hasTypeNumber(v, convertNumeric) {
+    return convertNumeric ? isNumeric(v) : typeof v === 'number';
+}
+
 // is there at least one number in array? If not, we should leave
 // ax.type empty so it can be autoset later
-function linearOK(array) {
-    if(!array) return false;
+function linearOK(a, convertNumeric) {
+    var len = a.length;
 
-    for(var i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
-        if(isNumeric(array[i])) return true;
+    for(var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+        if(hasTypeNumber(a[i], convertNumeric)) return true;
     }
 
     return false;
@@ -43,51 +69,61 @@ function linearOK(array) {
 // numbers and a few dates
 // as with categories, consider DISTINCT values only.
 function moreDates(a, calendar) {
-    // test at most 1000 points, evenly spaced
-    var inc = Math.max(1, (a.length - 1) / 1000);
-    var dcnt = 0;
-    var ncnt = 0;
+    var len = a.length;
+
+    var inc = getIncrement(len);
+    var dats = 0;
+    var nums = 0;
     var seen = {};
 
-    for(var i = 0; i < a.length; i += inc) {
-        var ai = a[Math.round(i)];
+    for(var f = 0; f < len; f += inc) {
+        var i = round(f);
+        var ai = a[i];
         var stri = String(ai);
         if(seen[stri]) continue;
         seen[stri] = 1;
 
-        if(Lib.isDateTime(ai, calendar)) dcnt += 1;
-        if(isNumeric(ai)) ncnt += 1;
+        if(isDateTime(ai, calendar)) dats++;
+        if(isNumeric(ai)) nums++;
     }
 
-    return (dcnt > ncnt * 2);
+    return dats > nums * 2;
+}
+
+// return increment to test at most 1000 points, evenly spaced
+function getIncrement(len) {
+    return Math.max(1, (len - 1) / 1000);
 }
 
 // are the (x,y)-values in gd.data mostly text?
 // require twice as many DISTINCT categories as distinct numbers
-function category(a) {
-    // test at most 1000 points
-    var inc = Math.max(1, (a.length - 1) / 1000);
-    var curvenums = 0;
-    var curvecats = 0;
+function category(a, convertNumeric) {
+    var len = a.length;
+
+    var inc = getIncrement(len);
+    var nums = 0;
+    var cats = 0;
     var seen = {};
 
-    for(var i = 0; i < a.length; i += inc) {
-        var ai = a[Math.round(i)];
+    for(var f = 0; f < len; f += inc) {
+        var i = round(f);
+        var ai = a[i];
         var stri = String(ai);
         if(seen[stri]) continue;
         seen[stri] = 1;
 
-        if(typeof ai === 'boolean') curvecats++;
-        else if(Lib.cleanNumber(ai) !== BADNUM) curvenums++;
-        else if(typeof ai === 'string') curvecats++;
+        var t = typeof ai;
+        if(t === 'boolean') cats++;
+        else if(convertNumeric ? cleanNumber(ai) !== BADNUM : t === 'number') nums++;
+        else if(t === 'string') cats++;
     }
 
-    return curvecats > curvenums * 2;
+    return cats > nums * 2;
 }
 
 // very-loose requirements for multicategory,
 // trace modules that should never auto-type to multicategory
 // should be declared with 'noMultiCategory'
 function multiCategory(a) {
-    return Lib.isArrayOrTypedArray(a[0]) && Lib.isArrayOrTypedArray(a[1]);
+    return isArrayOrTypedArray(a[0]) && isArrayOrTypedArray(a[1]);
 }

src/plots/cartesian/layout_attributes.js

@@ -102,6 +102,19 @@ module.exports = {
             'the axis in question.'
         ].join(' ')
     },
+    autotypenumbers: {
+        valType: 'enumerated',
+        values: ['convert types', 'strict'],
+        dflt: 'convert types',
+        role: 'info',
+        editType: 'calc',
+        description: [
+            'Using *strict* a numeric string in trace data is not converted to a number.',
+            'Using *convert types* a numeric string in trace data may be',
+            'treated as a number during automatic axis `type` detection.',
+            'Defaults to layout.autotypenumbers.'
+        ].join(' ')
+    },
     autorange: {
         valType: 'enumerated',
         values: [true, false, 'reversed'],

src/plots/cartesian/layout_defaults.js

@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ function appendList(cont, k, item) {
 }
 
 module.exports = function supplyLayoutDefaults(layoutIn, layoutOut, fullData) {
+    var autotypenumbersDflt = layoutOut.autotypenumbers;
+
     var ax2traces = {};
     var xaMayHide = {};
     var yaMayHide = {};
@@ -246,6 +248,7 @@ module.exports = function supplyLayoutDefaults(layoutIn, layoutOut, fullData) {
             automargin: true,
             visibleDflt: visibleDflt,
             reverseDflt: reverseDflt,
+            autotypenumbersDflt: autotypenumbersDflt,
             splomStash: ((layoutOut._splomAxes || {})[axLetter] || {})[axId]
         };
 
@@ -310,6 +313,7 @@ module.exports = function supplyLayoutDefaults(layoutIn, layoutOut, fullData) {
             automargin: true,
             visibleDflt: false,
             reverseDflt: false,
+            autotypenumbersDflt: autotypenumbersDflt,
             splomStash: ((layoutOut._splomAxes || {})[axLetter] || {})[axId]
         };
 

src/plots/cartesian/type_defaults.js

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ var autoType = require('./axis_autotype');
  *  name: axis object name (ie 'xaxis') if one should be stored
  */
 module.exports = function handleTypeDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, coerce, options) {
+    coerce('autotypenumbers', options.autotypenumbersDflt);
     var axType = coerce('type', (options.splomStash || {}).type);
 
     if(axType === '-') {
@@ -68,6 +69,8 @@ function setAutoType(ax, data) {
         opts.noMultiCategory = true;
     }
 
+    opts.autotypenumbers = ax.autotypenumbers;
+
     // check all boxes on this x axis to see
     // if they're dates, numbers, or categories
     if(isBoxWithoutPositionCoords(d0, axLetter)) {

src/plots/gl3d/layout/axis_attributes.js

@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ module.exports = overrideAll({
     type: extendFlat({}, axesAttrs.type, {
         values: ['-', 'linear', 'log', 'date', 'category']
     }),
+    autotypenumbers: axesAttrs.autotypenumbers,
     autorange: axesAttrs.autorange,
     rangemode: axesAttrs.rangemode,
     range: extendFlat({}, axesAttrs.range, {

src/plots/gl3d/layout/defaults.js

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ module.exports = function supplyLayoutDefaults(layoutIn, layoutOut, fullData) {
         font: layoutOut.font,
         fullData: fullData,
         getDfltFromLayout: getDfltFromLayout,
+        autotypenumbersDflt: layoutOut.autotypenumbers,
         paper_bgcolor: layoutOut.paper_bgcolor,
         calendar: layoutOut.calendar
     });
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ function handleGl3dDefaults(sceneLayoutIn, sceneLayoutOut, coerce, opts) {
         data: fullGl3dData,
         bgColor: bgColorCombined,
         calendar: opts.calendar,
+        autotypenumbersDflt: opts.autotypenumbersDflt,
         fullLayout: opts.fullLayout
     });
 

src/plots/layout_attributes.js

@@ -292,6 +292,19 @@ module.exports = {
             'Sets the background color of the plotting area in-between x and y axes.'
         ].join(' ')
     },
+    autotypenumbers: {
+        valType: 'enumerated',
+        values: ['convert types', 'strict'],
+        dflt: 'convert types',
+        role: 'info',
+        editType: 'calc',
+        description: [
+            'Using *strict* a numeric string in trace data is not converted to a number.',
+            'Using *convert types* a numeric string in trace data may be',
+            'treated as a number during automatic axis `type` detection.',
+            'This is the default value; however it could be overridden for individual axes.'
+        ].join(' ')
+    },
     separators: {
         valType: 'string',
         role: 'style',

src/plots/plots.js

@@ -1476,6 +1476,8 @@ plots.supplyLayoutGlobalDefaults = function(layoutIn, layoutOut, formatObj) {
         layoutOut._dataTemplate = template.data;
     }
 
+    coerce('autotypenumbers');
+
     var globalFont = Lib.coerceFont(coerce, 'font');
 
     coerce('title.text', layoutOut._dfltTitle.plot);

src/plots/polar/layout_attributes.js

@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ var radialAxisAttrs = {
     type: extendFlat({}, axesAttrs.type, {
         values: ['-', 'linear', 'log', 'date', 'category']
     }),
+    autotypenumbers: axesAttrs.autotypenumbers,
 
     autorange: extendFlat({}, axesAttrs.autorange, {editType: 'plot'}),
     rangemode: {
@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@ var angularAxisAttrs = {
             'If *category, use `period` to set the number of integer coordinates around polar axis.'
         ].join(' ')
     },
+    autotypenumbers: axesAttrs.autotypenumbers,
 
     categoryorder: axesAttrs.categoryorder,
     categoryarray: axesAttrs.categoryarray,

src/plots/polar/layout_defaults.js

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ function handleDefaults(contIn, contOut, coerce, opts) {
         axOut._traceIndices = subplotData.map(function(t) { return t._expandedIndex; });
 
         var dataAttr = constants.axisName2dataArray[axName];
-        var axType = handleAxisTypeDefaults(axIn, axOut, coerceAxis, subplotData, dataAttr);
+        var axType = handleAxisTypeDefaults(axIn, axOut, coerceAxis, subplotData, dataAttr, opts);
 
         handleCategoryOrderDefaults(axIn, axOut, coerceAxis, {
             axData: subplotData,
@@ -187,7 +187,8 @@ function handleDefaults(contIn, contOut, coerce, opts) {
     }
 }
 
-function handleAxisTypeDefaults(axIn, axOut, coerce, subplotData, dataAttr) {
+function handleAxisTypeDefaults(axIn, axOut, coerce, subplotData, dataAttr, options) {
+    var autotypenumbers = coerce('autotypenumbers', options.autotypenumbersDflt);
     var axType = coerce('type');
 
     if(axType === '-') {
@@ -201,7 +202,10 @@ function handleAxisTypeDefaults(axIn, axOut, coerce, subplotData, dataAttr) {
         }
 
         if(trace && trace[dataAttr]) {
-            axOut.type = autoType(trace[dataAttr], 'gregorian');
+            axOut.type = autoType(trace[dataAttr], 'gregorian', {
+                noMultiCategory: true,
+                autotypenumbers: autotypenumbers
+            });
         }
 
         if(axOut.type === '-') {
@@ -224,6 +228,7 @@ module.exports = function supplyLayoutDefaults(layoutIn, layoutOut, fullData) {
         attributes: layoutAttributes,
         handleDefaults: handleDefaults,
         font: layoutOut.font,
+        autotypenumbersDflt: layoutOut.autotypenumbers,
         paper_bgcolor: layoutOut.paper_bgcolor,
         fullData: fullData,
         layoutOut: layoutOut

src/traces/box/defaults.js

@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ function handleSampleDefaults(traceIn, traceOut, coerce, layout) {
     var yLen = yDims && Lib.minRowLength(y);
     var xLen = xDims && Lib.minRowLength(x);
 
+    var calendar = layout.calendar;
+    var opts = {
+        autotypenumbers: layout.autotypenumbers
+    };
+
     var defaultOrientation, len;
     if(traceOut._hasPreCompStats) {
         switch(String(xDims) + String(yDims)) {
@@ -160,7 +165,7 @@ function handleSampleDefaults(traceIn, traceOut, coerce, layout) {
                 var hasCategories = false;
                 var i;
                 for(i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {
-                    if(autoType(x[i]) === 'category') {
+                    if(autoType(x[i], calendar, opts) === 'category') {
                         hasCategories = true;
                         break;
                     }
@@ -171,7 +176,7 @@ function handleSampleDefaults(traceIn, traceOut, coerce, layout) {
                     len = Math.min(sLen, xLen, y.length);
                 } else {
                     for(i = 0; i < y.length; i++) {
-                        if(autoType(y[i]) === 'category') {
+                        if(autoType(y[i], calendar, opts) === 'category') {
                             hasCategories = true;
                             break;
                         }

src/traces/carpet/ab_defaults.js

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ function mimickAxisDefaults(traceIn, traceOut, fullLayout, dfltColor) {
             calendar: traceOut.calendar,
             dfltColor: dfltColor,
             bgColor: fullLayout.paper_bgcolor,
+            autotypenumbersDflt: fullLayout.autotypenumbers,
             fullLayout: fullLayout
         };
 

src/traces/carpet/axis_attributes.js

@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ module.exports = {
             'the axis in question.'
         ].join(' ')
     },
+    autotypenumbers: axesAttrs.autotypenumbers,
     autorange: {
         valType: 'enumerated',
         values: [true, false, 'reversed'],

src/traces/carpet/axis_defaults.js

@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ module.exports = function handleAxisDefaults(containerIn, containerOut, options)
     }
 
     // now figure out type and do some more initialization
+    coerce('autotypenumbers', options.autotypenumbersDflt);
     var axType = coerce('type');
     if(axType === '-') {
         if(options.data) setAutoType(containerOut, options.data);
@@ -219,5 +220,7 @@ function setAutoType(ax, data) {
     var calAttr = axLetter + 'calendar';
     var calendar = ax[calAttr];
 
-    ax.type = autoType(data, calendar);
+    ax.type = autoType(data, calendar, {
+        autotypenumbers: ax.autotypenumbers
+    });
 }