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    Infinity Data Points Overview
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    Infinity data points are data points where one or more of its mandatory values are set to Double.PositiveInfinity or Double.NegativeInfinity. The control treats infinity data points similarly to empty data points, so this topic does not go into the same details.

     Adding Infinity Data Points

    The following code snippet shows how to add infinity data points:

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    NChart chart = nChartControl1.Charts[0];

    NLineSeries line = new NLineSeries();

    line.Values.Add(10);
    line.Values.Add(20);
    line.Values.Add(Double.PositiveInfinity);
    line.Values.Add(40);
    line.Values.Add(45);
    line.Values.Add(Double.NegativeInfinity);
    line.Values.Add(50);
    line.Values.Add(55);

    chart.Series.Add(line);

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    Dim chart As NChart = NChartControl1.Charts(0)

    Dim line As New NLineSeries

    line.Values.Add(10)
    line.Values.Add(20)
    line.Values.Add(Double.PositiveInfinity)
    line.Values.Add(40)
    line.Values.Add(45)
    line.Values.Add(Double.NegativeInfinity)
    line.Values.Add(50)
    line.Values.Add(55)

    chart.Series.Add(line)

    In the above example data points 3 and 6 are marked as positive and negative infinity respectively. 

     Infinity Data Points Processing

    The processing of infinity data points is achieved at two stages:

    Infinity Data Points at Data Level

    At this stage the control detects infinity data points and decides whether to visualize the data point or skip it. This is controlled trough the InfinityDataPoints member of the series. The following code snippet shows infinity data points at some custom values:

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    line.Values.InfinityDataPoints.ValueMode = InfinityDataPointsValueMode.CustomValue;
    line.Values.InfinityDataPoints.PositiveInfinityCustomValue = 100;
    line.Values.InfinityDataPoints.NegativeInfinityCustomValue = -100;
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    line.Values.InfinityDataPoints.ValueMode = InfinityDataPointsValueMode.CustomValue
    line.Values.InfinityDataPoints.PositiveInfinityCustomValue = 100
    line.Values.InfinityDataPoints.NegativeInfinityCustomValue = -100

    Infinity Data Points at Presentation Level

    If the infinity data point is not skipped at data level the control will visualize it using either a custom value or average value as specified by the ValueMode property. The appearance of the infinity data point in this case is controlled from the InfinityDataPointsAppearance property of the series:

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    line.InfinityDataPointsAppearance.AppearanceMode = InfinityDataPointsAppearanceMode.Special;
    line.InfinityDataPointsAppearance.BorderStyle.Color = Color.Red;
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    line.InfinityDataPointsAppearance.AppearanceMode = InfinityDataPointsAppearanceMode.Special
    line.InfinityDataPointsAppearance.BorderStyle.Color = Color.Red
     Related Examples
    Windows forms: Chart Gallery\Data Manipulation\Infinity Data Points
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