Support decimal stepSize

src/core/core.helpers.js

@@ -174,6 +174,26 @@ module.exports = function() {
 	helpers.toDegrees = function(radians) {
 		return radians * (180 / Math.PI);
 	};
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the number of decimal places
+	 * i.e. the number of digits after the decimal point, of the value of this Number.
+	 * @param {Number} x - A number.
+	 * @returns {Number} The number of decimal places.
+	 */
+	helpers.decimalPlaces = function(x) {
+		if (!helpers.isFinite(x)) {
+			return;
+		}
+		var e = 1;
+		var p = 0;
+		while (Math.round(x * e) / e !== x) {
+			e *= 10;
+			p++;
+		}
+		return p;
+	};
+
 	// Gets the angle from vertical upright to the point about a centre.
 	helpers.getAngleFromPoint = function(centrePoint, anglePoint) {
 		var distanceFromXCenter = anglePoint.x - centrePoint.x;

src/scales/scale.linearbase.js

@@ -15,54 +15,55 @@ function generateTicks(generationOptions, dataRange) {
 	// "nice number" algorithm. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8506881/nice-label-algorithm-for-charts-with-minimum-ticks
 	// for details.
 
-	var factor;
-	var precision;
-	var spacing;
+	var stepSize = generationOptions.stepSize;
+	var min = generationOptions.min;
+	var max = generationOptions.max;
+	var spacing, precision, factor, niceRange, niceMin, niceMax, numSpaces;
 
-	if (generationOptions.stepSize && generationOptions.stepSize > 0) {
-		spacing = generationOptions.stepSize;
+	if (stepSize && stepSize > 0) {
+		spacing = stepSize;
 	} else {
-		var niceRange = helpers.niceNum(dataRange.max - dataRange.min, false);
+		niceRange = helpers.niceNum(dataRange.max - dataRange.min, false);
 		spacing = helpers.niceNum(niceRange / (generationOptions.maxTicks - 1), true);
 
 		precision = generationOptions.precision;
-		if (precision !== undefined) {
+		if (!helpers.isNullOrUndef(precision)) {
 			// If the user specified a precision, round to that number of decimal places
 			factor = Math.pow(10, precision);
 			spacing = Math.ceil(spacing * factor) / factor;
 		}
 	}
-	var niceMin = Math.floor(dataRange.min / spacing) * spacing;
-	var niceMax = Math.ceil(dataRange.max / spacing) * spacing;
+	// If a precision is not specified, calculate factor based on spacing
+	if (!factor) {
+		factor = Math.pow(10, helpers.decimalPlaces(spacing));
+	}
+	niceMin = Math.floor(dataRange.min / spacing) * spacing;
+	niceMax = Math.ceil(dataRange.max / spacing) * spacing;
 
 	// If min, max and stepSize is set and they make an evenly spaced scale use it.
-	if (!helpers.isNullOrUndef(generationOptions.min) && !helpers.isNullOrUndef(generationOptions.max) && generationOptions.stepSize) {
+	if (!helpers.isNullOrUndef(min) && !helpers.isNullOrUndef(max) && stepSize) {
 		// If very close to our whole number, use it.
-		if (helpers.almostWhole((generationOptions.max - generationOptions.min) / generationOptions.stepSize, spacing / 1000)) {
-			niceMin = generationOptions.min;
-			niceMax = generationOptions.max;
+		if (helpers.almostWhole((max - min) / stepSize, spacing / 1000)) {
+			niceMin = min;
+			niceMax = max;
 		}
 	}
 
-	var numSpaces = (niceMax - niceMin) / spacing;
+	numSpaces = (niceMax - niceMin) / spacing;
 	// If very close to our rounded value, use it.
 	if (helpers.almostEquals(numSpaces, Math.round(numSpaces), spacing / 1000)) {
 		numSpaces = Math.round(numSpaces);
 	} else {
 		numSpaces = Math.ceil(numSpaces);
 	}
 
-	precision = 1;
-	if (spacing < 1) {
-		precision = Math.pow(10, 1 - Math.floor(helpers.log10(spacing)));
-		niceMin = Math.round(niceMin * precision) / precision;
-		niceMax = Math.round(niceMax * precision) / precision;
-	}
-	ticks.push(generationOptions.min !== undefined ? generationOptions.min : niceMin);
+	niceMin = Math.round(niceMin * factor) / factor;
+	niceMax = Math.round(niceMax * factor) / factor;
+	ticks.push(helpers.isNullOrUndef(min) ? niceMin : min);
 	for (var j = 1; j < numSpaces; ++j) {
-		ticks.push(Math.round((niceMin + j * spacing) * precision) / precision);
+		ticks.push(Math.round((niceMin + j * spacing) * factor) / factor);
 	}
-	ticks.push(generationOptions.max !== undefined ? generationOptions.max : niceMax);
+	ticks.push(helpers.isNullOrUndef(max) ? niceMax : max);
 
 	return ticks;
 }

test/specs/core.helpers.tests.js

@@ -238,6 +238,17 @@ describe('Core helper tests', function() {
 		expect(helpers.toDegrees(Math.PI * 3 / 2)).toBe(270);
 	});
 
+	it('should get the correct number of decimal places', function() {
+		expect(helpers.decimalPlaces(100)).toBe(0);
+		expect(helpers.decimalPlaces(1)).toBe(0);
+		expect(helpers.decimalPlaces(0)).toBe(0);
+		expect(helpers.decimalPlaces(0.01)).toBe(2);
+		expect(helpers.decimalPlaces(-0.01)).toBe(2);
+		expect(helpers.decimalPlaces('1')).toBe(undefined);
+		expect(helpers.decimalPlaces('')).toBe(undefined);
+		expect(helpers.decimalPlaces(undefined)).toBe(undefined);
+	});
+
 	it('should get an angle from a point', function() {
 		var center = {
 			x: 0,

test/specs/scale.linear.tests.js

@@ -573,6 +573,35 @@ describe('Linear Scale', function() {
 		expect(chart.scales.yScale0.ticks).toEqual(['11', '9', '7', '5', '3', '1']);
 	});
 
+	it('Should create decimal steps if stepSize is a decimal number', function() {
+		var chart = window.acquireChart({
+			type: 'bar',
+			data: {
+				datasets: [{
+					yAxisID: 'yScale0',
+					data: [10, 3, 6, 8, 3, 1]
+				}],
+				labels: ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f']
+			},
+			options: {
+				scales: {
+					yAxes: [{
+						id: 'yScale0',
+						type: 'linear',
+						ticks: {
+							stepSize: 2.5
+						}
+					}]
+				}
+			}
+		});
+
+		expect(chart.scales.yScale0).not.toEqual(undefined); // must construct
+		expect(chart.scales.yScale0.min).toBe(0);
+		expect(chart.scales.yScale0.max).toBe(10);
+		expect(chart.scales.yScale0.ticks).toEqual(['10', '7.5', '5', '2.5', '0']);
+	});
+
 	describe('precision', function() {
 		it('Should create integer steps if precision is 0', function() {
 			var chart = window.acquireChart({