grafana/public/app/core/utils/ticks.ts

/**
 * Calculate tick step.
 * Implementation from d3-array (ticks.js)
 * https://github.com/d3/d3-array/blob/master/src/ticks.js
 * @param start Start value
 * @param stop End value
 * @param count Ticks count
 */
export function tickStep(start: number, stop: number, count: number): number {
  let e10 = Math.sqrt(50),
    e5 = Math.sqrt(10),
    e2 = Math.sqrt(2);

  let step0 = Math.abs(stop - start) / Math.max(0, count),
    step1 = Math.pow(10, Math.floor(Math.log(step0) / Math.LN10)),
    error = step0 / step1;

  if (error >= e10) {
    step1 *= 10;
  } else if (error >= e5) {
    step1 *= 5;
  } else if (error >= e2) {
    step1 *= 2;
  }

  return stop < start ? -step1 : step1;
}

export function getScaledDecimals(decimals, tick_size) {
  return decimals - Math.floor(Math.log(tick_size) / Math.LN10);
}

/**
 * Calculate tick size based on min and max values, number of ticks and precision.
 * @param min           Axis minimum
 * @param max           Axis maximum
 * @param noTicks       Number of ticks
 * @param tickDecimals  Tick decimal precision
 */
export function getFlotTickSize(min: number, max: number, noTicks: number, tickDecimals: number) {
  var delta = (max - min) / noTicks,
    dec = -Math.floor(Math.log(delta) / Math.LN10),
    maxDec = tickDecimals;

  var magn = Math.pow(10, -dec),
    norm = delta / magn, // norm is between 1.0 and 10.0
    size;

  if (norm < 1.5) {
    size = 1;
  } else if (norm < 3) {
    size = 2;
    // special case for 2.5, requires an extra decimal
    if (norm > 2.25 && (maxDec == null || dec + 1 <= maxDec)) {
      size = 2.5;
      ++dec;
    }
  } else if (norm < 7.5) {
    size = 5;
  } else {
    size = 10;
  }

  size *= magn;

  return size;
}