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Example of continuous function graphing in d3 (using axis() for axes and grid lines)
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>D3 - Line Chart - continuous function</title>
<!-- script type="text/javascript" src="https://raw.github.com/jquery/sizzle/master/sizzle.js"></script -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://mbostock.github.com/d3/d3.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://mbostock.github.com/d3/d3.time.min.js"></script>
<style type="text/css">
body {
font: 10px sans-serif;
}
.backplane {
fill: #FAFAFA;
}
.rules line, .rules path {
shape-rendering: crispEdges;
stroke: #000;
}
.rules .tick {
}
.rules .minor {
stroke: #BBB;
}
.rules .domain {
fill: none;
}
.grid .tick {
stroke: #CCC;
}
.series path {
fill: none;
stroke: #348;
stroke-width: 5px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var w = 760;
var h = 400;
var x = d3.scale.linear().domain([-1, 1]) .range([0,w]);
var y = d3.scale.linear().domain([ 0, 1]) .range([h,0]);
var pad = 50;
var svg = d3.select("body")
.append("svg:svg")
.attr("height", h + pad)
.attr("width", w + pad)
var vis = svg.append("svg:g")
.attr("transform", "translate(40,20)")
var legend = d3.select("body").append("div")
.classed("legend", true)
.text("Try mousing over the graph!")
make_backplane();
make_rules();
chart_line();
function square(xi) { return Math.pow(xi,2) }
function make_backplane() {
vis.append("svg:rect")
.classed("backplane", true)
.attr("width", w)
.attr("height", h)
.on("mousemove", update_legend_values)
.on("mouseout", blank_legend_values)
}
function chart_line() {
var g = vis.append("svg:g")
.classed("series", true)
g.append("svg:path")
.attr("d", function(d) { return d3.svg.line()(
x.ticks(100).map(function(xi) {
return [ x(xi), y(square(xi)) ]
})
)})
}
function update_legend_values() {
xi = x.invert(d3.svg.mouse(this)[0]);
legend.text("x: "+xi+ " | y: "+square(xi));
}
function blank_legend_values() {
legend.text("");
}
function make_rules() {
var rules = vis.append("svg:g").classed("rules", true)
function make_x_axis() {
return d3.svg.axis()
.scale(x)
.orient("bottom")
.ticks(8)
}
function make_y_axis() {
return d3.svg.axis()
.scale(y)
.orient("left")
.ticks(10)
}
rules.append("svg:g").classed("grid x_grid", true)
.attr("transform", "translate(0,"+h+")")
.call(make_x_axis()
.tickSize(-h,0,0)
.tickFormat("")
)
rules.append("svg:g").classed("grid y_grid", true)
.call(make_y_axis()
.tickSize(-w,0,0)
.tickFormat("")
)
rules.append("svg:g").classed("labels x_labels", true)
.attr("transform", "translate(0,"+h+")")
.call(make_x_axis()
.tickSize(5)
// .tickFormat(d3.time.format("%Y/%m"))
)
rules.append("svg:g").classed("labels y_labels", true)
.call(make_y_axis()
.tickSubdivide(1)
.tickSize(10, 5, 0)
)
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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