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Text on an Arc - Animal Donut Slices - Centered Arc Labels
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8"/>
<title>Donut Chart - Centered Labels</title>
<!-- D3.js -->
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/d3/3.5.6/d3.min.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<!-- Month names -->
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Pacifico' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<style>
body {
font-family: 'Pacifico', sans-serif;
fill: #333333;
font-size: 16px;
text-align: center;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="chart"></div>
<script>
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//////////////////////// Set-up ////////////////////////////
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
var screenWidth = window.innerWidth;
var margin = {left: 20, top: 20, right: 20, bottom: 20},
width = Math.min(screenWidth, 500) - margin.left - margin.right,
height = Math.min(screenWidth, 500) - margin.top - margin.bottom;
var svg = d3.select("#chart").append("svg")
.attr("width", (width + margin.left + margin.right))
.attr("height", (height + margin.top + margin.bottom))
.append("g").attr("class", "wrapper")
.attr("transform", "translate(" + (width / 2 + margin.left) + "," + (height / 2 + margin.top) + ")");
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
///////////////////// Data & Scales /////////////////////////
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//Some random data
var donutData = [
{name: "Antelope", value: 15},
{name: "Bear", value: 9},
{name: "Cheetah", value: 19},
{name: "Dolphin", value: 12},
{name: "Elephant", value: 14},
{name: "Flamingo", value: 21},
{name: "Giraffe", value: 18},
{name: "Other", value: 8}
];
//Create a color scale
var colorScale = d3.scale.linear()
.domain([1,3.5,6])
.range(["#2c7bb6", "#ffffbf", "#d7191c"])
.interpolate(d3.interpolateHcl);
//Create an arc function
var arc = d3.svg.arc()
.innerRadius(width*0.75/2)
.outerRadius(width*0.75/2 + 30);
//Turn the pie chart 90 degrees counter clockwise, so it starts at the left
var pie = d3.layout.pie()
.startAngle(-90 * Math.PI/180)
.endAngle(-90 * Math.PI/180 + 2*Math.PI)
.value(function(d) { return d.value; })
.padAngle(.01)
.sort(null);
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//////////////////// Create Donut Chart //////////////////////
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//Create the donut slices and also the invisible arcs for the text
svg.selectAll(".donutArcSlices")
.data(pie(donutData))
.enter().append("path")
.attr("class", "donutArcSlices")
.attr("d", arc)
.style("fill", function(d,i) {
if(i === 7) return "#CCCCCC"; //Other
else return colorScale(i);
})
.each(function(d,i) {
//A regular expression that captures all in between the start of a string (denoted by ^) and a capital letter L
//The letter L denotes the start of a line segment
//The "all in between" is denoted by the .+?
//where the . is a regular expression for "match any single character except the newline character"
//the + means "match the preceding expression 1 or more times" (thus any single character 1 or more times)
//the ? has to be added to make sure that it stops at the first L it finds, not the last L
//It thus makes sure that the idea of ^.*L matches the fewest possible characters
//For more information on regular expressions see: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Regular_Expressions
var firstArcSection = /(^.+?)L/;
//Grab everything up to the first Line statement
//The [1] gives back the expression between the () (thus not the L as well) which is exactly the arc statement
var newArc = firstArcSection.exec( d3.select(this).attr("d") )[1];
//Replace all the comma's so that IE can handle it -_-
//The g after the / is a modifier that "find all matches rather than stopping after the first match"
newArc = newArc.replace(/,/g , " ");
//Create a new invisible arc that the text can flow along
svg.append("path")
.attr("class", "hiddenDonutArcs")
.attr("id", "donutArc"+i)
.attr("d", newArc)
.style("fill", "none");
});
//Append the label names on the outside
svg.selectAll(".donutText")
.data(donutData)
.enter().append("text")
.attr("class", "donutText")
.attr("dy", -13)
.append("textPath")
.attr("startOffset","50%")
.style("text-anchor","middle")
.attr("xlink:href",function(d,i){return "#donutArc"+i;})
.text(function(d){return d.name;});
</script>
</body>
</html>
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