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Bar Chart with baseline at center

Bar Chart with baseline at center, rather than traditional top or bottom of the chart.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Bar Chart Base in Middle</title>
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
</head>
<style type="text/css">
#chart {
border: 2px dashed black;
}
/*styling of the text here instead of text.attr */
text {
font-family: sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
fill: black;
text-anchor: middle;
}
</style>
<body>
<div id="chart"></div>
<script>
var dataSet1 = [ 5, 10, 13, 19, 21, 25, 22, 18, 15, 13,
11, 12, 15, 20, 18, 17, 16, 18, 23, 25, 10, 13, 16, 5, 2 ];
var margin = {top: 10, right: 10, bottom: 10, left: 10};
var w = 700 - margin.left - margin.right;
h = 450 - margin.top - margin.bottom;
barPadding = 1;
var svg = d3.select("#chart").append("svg")
.attr({
width: w + margin.left + margin.right,
height: h + margin.top + margin.bottom
})
.append("g")
.attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");
var xScale = d3.scale.ordinal()
.domain(d3.range(dataSet1.length))
.rangeRoundBands([0, w], 0.05);
var yScale = d3.scale.linear()
.domain([0, d3.max(dataSet1)])
.range([0, h]);
function color(d){ return "rgb(150," + d * 10 + "," + d * 15 + ")"; };
svg.selectAll("rect")
.data(dataSet1)
.enter()
.append("rect")
.attr({
x: function(d, i) { return xScale(i); },
y: function(d) { return h - yScale(d)/2 - h/2; },
width: xScale.rangeBand(),
height: function(d){ return yScale(d); },
fill: function(d){ return color(d); }
});
svg.selectAll("text.valueTop") // top
.data(dataSet1)
.enter()
.append("text")
.text(function(d) { return d; })
.attr({
"class": "valueTop",
x: function(d,i) { return xScale(i) + xScale.rangeBand() / 2 },
y: function(d) { return h - yScale(d)/2 - h/2 + 14; },
});
svg.selectAll("text.valueBottom") //bottom
.data(dataSet1)
.enter()
.append("text")
.text(function(d) { return d; })
.attr({
"class": "valueBottom",
x: function(d,i) { return xScale(i) + xScale.rangeBand() / 2 },
y: function(d) { return h + yScale(d)/2 - h/2 - 7; },
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
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