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d3 sortKeys in nest function
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Shows behaviour of sortkeys and that date sort is sorting by the string value of the date.

See it running at http://bl.ocks.org/3059149

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index.html
<html>
<head>
<title>D3 Simple Nest Example</title>
<script src="http://d3js.org/d3.v2.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<script>
// expected date format in csv file
var in_format = d3.time.format("%Y-%m-%d");
d3.csv("./nest1.csv", function(csv_data){
// coerce csv data into correct formats
csv_data.forEach(function(line) {
line.time = parseInt(line.time);
line.date = in_format.parse(line.date);
})
// now create one array for each unique group
var nested_data = d3.nest()
.key(function(d) { return d.group; })
.entries(csv_data);
console.debug(nested_data);
alert('Key: group, Sort:None\n'+dump(nested_data));
/*
OR nest by date
*/
var nested_data = d3.nest()
.key(function(d) { return d.date; })
.entries(csv_data);
console.debug(nested_data);
alert('Key: date, Sort:None\n'+dump(nested_data));
// ADD sortKeys
var nested_data = d3.nest()
.key(function(d) { return d.date; })
.sortKeys(d3.ascending)
.entries(csv_data);
console.debug(nested_data);
alert('Key: date, Sort:ascending\nEXPECTING TO BE SORTED BY DATE'+dump(nested_data));
/*
OR nest by time
*/
var nested_data = d3.nest()
.key(function(d) { return d.time; })
.entries(csv_data);
console.debug(nested_data);
alert('Key: time, Sort:None\n'+dump(nested_data));
// ADD sortKeys
var nested_data = d3.nest()
.key(function(d) { return d.time; })
.sortKeys(d3.ascending)
.entries(csv_data);
console.debug(nested_data);
alert('Key: time, Sort:ascending\n'+dump(nested_data));
});
function dump(arr,level) {
// from this page: http://www.openjs.com/scripts/others/dump_function_php_print_r.php
var dumped_text = "";
if(!level) level = 0;
//The padding given at the beginning of the line.
var level_padding = "";
for(var j=0;j<level+1;j++) level_padding += " ";
if(typeof(arr) == 'object') { //Array/Hashes/Objects
for(var item in arr) {
var value = arr[item];
if(typeof(value) == 'object') { //If it is an array,
dumped_text += level_padding + "'" + item + "':\n";
dumped_text += dump(value,level+1);
} else {
dumped_text += level_padding + "'" + item + "' => \"" + value + "\"\n";
}
}
} else { //Stings/Chars/Numbers etc.
dumped_text = "===>"+arr+"<===("+typeof(arr)+")";
}
return dumped_text;
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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nest1.csv
group date time
one 2012-01-01 4
one 2012-01-01 6
two 2012-01-06 3
three 2012-01-01 4
three 2012-01-05 3
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