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Effect of adding tickSize() to d3 axis
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>D3 Demo: Axes</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<style type="text/css">
.axis path,
.axis line {
fill: none;
stroke: black;
shape-rendering: crispEdges;
}
.axis text {
font-family: sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
//Width and height
var w = 500;
var h = 300;
var padding = 20;
var dataset = [
[5, 20], [480, 90], [250, 50], [100, 33], [330, 95],
[410, 12], [475, 44], [25, 67], [85, 21], [220, 88],
[600, 150]
];
//Create scale functions
var xScale = d3.scale.linear()
.domain([0, d3.max(dataset, function(d) { return d[0]; })])
.range([padding, w - padding * 2]);
var yScale = d3.scale.linear()
.domain([0, d3.max(dataset, function(d) { return d[1]; })])
.range([h - padding, padding]);
var rScale = d3.scale.linear()
.domain([0, d3.max(dataset, function(d) { return d[1]; })])
.range([2, 5]);
//Define X axis
var xAxis = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(xScale)
.tickFormat(function(d,i) { return i%2?null:d;})
.tickSize(function(d,i) { return i%2?5:2;})
.orient("bottom");
//Create SVG element
var svg = d3.select("body")
.append("svg")
.attr("width", w)
.attr("height", h);
//Create circles
svg.selectAll("circle")
.data(dataset)
.enter()
.append("circle")
.attr("cx", function(d) {
return xScale(d[0]);
})
.attr("cy", function(d) {
return yScale(d[1]);
})
.attr("r", function(d) {
return rScale(d[1]);
});
//Create labels
svg.selectAll("text")
.data(dataset)
.enter()
.append("text")
.text(function(d) {
return d[0] + "," + d[1];
})
.attr("x", function(d) {
return xScale(d[0]);
})
.attr("y", function(d) {
return yScale(d[1]);
})
.attr("font-family", "sans-serif")
.attr("font-size", "11px")
.attr("fill", "red");
//Create X axis
svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "axis")
.attr("transform", "translate(0," + (h - padding) + ")")
.call(xAxis);
</script>
</body>
</html>
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