# Pie chart with different slice heights or lengths?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 28, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pie-chart-with-different-slice-heights-or-lengths/439508 "2008-02-28T15:25:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 28, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pie-chart-with-different-slice-heights-or-lengths/439508/1 "2008-02-28T15:25:30Z")

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Anyone knows how to make a pie chart with slice heights or lengths that’s proportional to another variable?

E.g.:  
[Pie chart with different slice lengths](http://www.dotnetcharting.com/gallery/view.aspx?id=Gallery/e213)  
and  
[Pie chart with different slice height](http://www.dotnetcharting.com/gallery/view.aspx?id=Gallery/e211)

Is it possible to draw these in excel? Or any other relatively simple program?

I mean, do I need to use something like [gnuplot](http://www.gnuplot.info/) for simple charts like these?

Thank you again in advance for your help.