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Simple Line Graph using SVG and d3.js
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<html> | |
<head> | |
<title>Simple Line Graph using SVG and d3.js</title> | |
<script src="http://mbostock.github.com/d3/d3.v2.js"></script> | |
<style> | |
/* tell the SVG path to be a thin blue line without any area fill */ | |
path { | |
stroke: steelblue; | |
stroke-width: 1; | |
fill: none; | |
} | |
.axis { | |
shape-rendering: crispEdges; | |
} | |
.x.axis line { | |
stroke: lightgrey; | |
} | |
.x.axis .minor { | |
stroke-opacity: .5; | |
} | |
.x.axis path { | |
display: none; | |
} | |
.y.axis line, .y.axis path { | |
fill: none; | |
stroke: #000; | |
} | |
</style> | |
</head> | |
<body> | |
<div id="graph" class="aGraph" style="position:absolute;top:0px;left:0; float:left;"></div> | |
<script> | |
/* implementation heavily influenced by http://bl.ocks.org/1166403 */ | |
// define dimensions of graph | |
var m = [80, 80, 80, 80]; // margins | |
var w = 1000 - m[1] - m[3]; // width | |
var h = 400 - m[0] - m[2]; // height | |
// create a simple data array that we'll plot with a line (this array represents only the Y values, X will just be the index location) | |
var data = [3, 6, 2, 7, 5, 2, 0, 3, 8, 9, 2, 5, 9, 3, 6, 3, 6, 2, 7, 5, 2, 1, 3, 8, 9, 2, 5, 9, 2, 7]; | |
// X scale will fit all values from data[] within pixels 0-w | |
var x = d3.scale.linear().domain([0, data.length]).range([0, w]); | |
// Y scale will fit values from 0-10 within pixels h-0 (Note the inverted domain for the y-scale: bigger is up!) | |
var y = d3.scale.linear().domain([0, 10]).range([h, 0]); | |
// automatically determining max range can work something like this | |
// var y = d3.scale.linear().domain([0, d3.max(data)]).range([h, 0]); | |
// create a line function that can convert data[] into x and y points | |
var line = d3.svg.line() | |
// assign the X function to plot our line as we wish | |
.x(function(d,i) { | |
// verbose logging to show what's actually being done | |
console.log('Plotting X value for data point: ' + d + ' using index: ' + i + ' to be at: ' + x(i) + ' using our xScale.'); | |
// return the X coordinate where we want to plot this datapoint | |
return x(i); | |
}) | |
.y(function(d) { | |
// verbose logging to show what's actually being done | |
console.log('Plotting Y value for data point: ' + d + ' to be at: ' + y(d) + " using our yScale."); | |
// return the Y coordinate where we want to plot this datapoint | |
return y(d); | |
}) | |
// Add an SVG element with the desired dimensions and margin. | |
var graph = d3.select("#graph").append("svg:svg") | |
.attr("width", w + m[1] + m[3]) | |
.attr("height", h + m[0] + m[2]) | |
.append("svg:g") | |
.attr("transform", "translate(" + m[3] + "," + m[0] + ")"); | |
// create yAxis | |
var xAxis = d3.svg.axis().scale(x).tickSize(-h).tickSubdivide(true); | |
// Add the x-axis. | |
graph.append("svg:g") | |
.attr("class", "x axis") | |
.attr("transform", "translate(0," + h + ")") | |
.call(xAxis); | |
// create left yAxis | |
var yAxisLeft = d3.svg.axis().scale(y).ticks(4).orient("left"); | |
// Add the y-axis to the left | |
graph.append("svg:g") | |
.attr("class", "y axis") | |
.attr("transform", "translate(-25,0)") | |
.call(yAxisLeft); | |
// Add the line by appending an svg:path element with the data line we created above | |
// do this AFTER the axes above so that the line is above the tick-lines | |
graph.append("svg:path").attr("d", line(data)); | |
</script> | |
</body> | |
</html> |
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