Chartjs-How to create a graph where the vertical axis (Y-axis) is a string?

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Yes, you have to set your y scale to category, also supply it a labels array and then in your data array you can mention those labels:

const options = {
  type: 'line',
  data: {
    labels: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6],
    datasets: [{
      label: '# of Points',
      data: ["Blue", "Red", "Red", "Orange", "Green", "Orange"],
      borderColor: 'pink'
    }]
  },
  options: {
    scales: {
      y: {
        type: 'category',
        labels: ["Red", "Blue", "Yellow", "Green", "Purple", "Orange"]
      },
    }
  }
}

const ctx = document.getElementById('chartJSContainer').getContext('2d');
new Chart(ctx, options);
<body>
  <canvas id="chartJSContainer" width="600" height="400"></canvas>
  <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/Chart.js/3.7.0/chart.js"></script>
</body>

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