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Bar Chart VI - horizontal linearGradients
license: gpl-3.0

This simple bar chart is constructed from a TSV file storing the frequency of letters in the English language. The chart employs conventional margins and a number of D3 features:

forked from mbostock's block: Bar Chart

forked from seemantk's block: Bar Chart IV - d3v4

forked from seemantk's block: Bar Chart V - linearGradients

letter frequency
A .08167
B .01492
C .02782
D .04253
E .12702
F .02288
G .02015
H .06094
I .06966
J .00153
K .00772
L .04025
M .02406
N .06749
O .07507
P .01929
Q .00095
R .05987
S .06327
T .09056
U .02758
V .00978
W .02360
X .00150
Y .01974
Z .00074
<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>
.bar {
stop-color: steelblue;
}
.bar.hovered {
stop-color: brown;
}
.empty {
stop-opacity: 0;
}
.y.axis path {
display: none;
}
</style>
<body>
<script src="//d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js"></script>
<script>
var margin = {top: 20, right: 20, bottom: 30, left: 40},
width = 960 - margin.left - margin.right,
height = 500 - margin.top - margin.bottom;
var y = d3.scaleBand()
.range([0, height])
.paddingInner(0.1);
var x = d3.scaleLinear()
.range([0, width]);
var p = d3.scaleLinear()
.range([0, 100]);
var yAxis = d3.axisLeft()
.scale(y)
;
var xAxis = d3.axisBottom()
.scale(x)
.ticks(10, "%");
var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
.attr("width", width + margin.left + margin.right)
.attr("height", height + margin.top + margin.bottom)
.append("g")
.attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");
var defs = d3.select("body svg").append("defs");
d3.tsv("data.tsv", type, function(error, data) {
if (error) throw error;
y.domain(data.map(function(d) { return d.letter; }));
x.domain([0, d3.max(data, function(d) { return d.frequency; })]);
p.domain(x.domain());
svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "x axis")
.attr("transform", "translate(0," + height + ")")
.call(xAxis);
svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "y axis")
.call(yAxis)
.append("text")
.attr("transform", "rotate(-90)")
.attr("y", 6)
.attr("dy", ".71em")
.style("text-anchor", "end")
.text("Frequency");
svg.selectAll(".bar")
.data(data)
.enter().append("rect")
.attr("class", "bar")
.attr("y", function(d) { return y(d.letter); })
.attr("height", y.bandwidth())
.attr("x", 0)
.attr("width", width)
.style("fill", function(d, i) { return "url(#gradient_" + i + ")"; })
.on("mouseover", function(d, i) {
defs.select("#gradient_" + i).selectAll(".bar")
.classed("hovered", true)
})
.on("mouseout", function(d, i) {
defs.select("#gradient_" + i).selectAll(".bar")
.classed("hovered", false)
})
;
defs.selectAll("linearGradient")
.data(data)
.enter().append("linearGradient")
.attr("id", function(d, i) { return "gradient_" + i; })
.attr("x1", 0)
.attr("x2", 1)
.attr("y1", 0)
.attr("y2", 0)
.each(function(d) {
var self = d3.select(this);
var stops = ["bar start", "bar end", "empty end"];
self.selectAll("stop")
.data(stops)
.enter().append("stop")
.attr("class", function(s, i) { return s; })
.attr("offset", function(s, i) {
return (i ? p(d.frequency) : "0") + "%";
})
;
})
;
});
function type(d) {
d.frequency = +d.frequency;
return d;
}
</script>
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