Get selected point from chart - Javascript highcharts

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Get selected point from chart

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<html>
   <head> 
      <title>Highcharts Demo</title> 
      <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> 
      <script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js"></script> 
      <script type="text/javascript">
$(function () {//from  w  w  w  .  j a va  2  s . co  m
    $('#container').highcharts({
        chart: {
            type: 'pie',
            animation: {
                duration: 100
            }
        },
        xAxis: {
            categories: ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec']
        },
        plotOptions: {
            series: {
                allowPointSelect: true
            },
            animation: {
                duration: 10
            }
        },
        series: [{
            data: [29.9, 71.5, 106.4, 129.2, 144.0, 176.0, 135.6, 148.5, 216.4, 194.1, 95.6, 54.4]
        }]
    });
    // the button action
    $('#button').click(function() {
        var chart = $('#container').highcharts(),
            selectedPoints = chart.getSelectedPoints();
        console.log('You selected '+ selectedPoints.length +' points');
    });
});

      </script> 
   </head> 
   <body> 
      <script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script> 
      <div id="container" style="height: 400px"></div> 
      <button id="button">Get selected points</button>  
   </body>
</html>

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