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Lab Notebook Meta-data. A look at prices charged at the Duke University Bookstore over 20 years.
license: gpl-3.0

This simple line chart is constructed from a TSV file storing the price of lab notebooks at Duke University Store over the years.

date close
Oct-1988 7.95
Mar-1989 7.95
Apr-1990 8.50
Mar-1991 8.50
Sep-1991 8.50
Mar-1992 8.50
Jan-1993 8.50
Jul-1993 8.50
Sep-1993 8.50
May-1994 8.50
Jun-1994 8.50
Aug-1994 8.50
Jul-1998 7.95
Aug-1998 7.95
Feb-1999 7.95
Sep-1999 7.95
Oct-1999 10.25
Nov-1999 10.25
Jan-2000 10.25
Apr-2000 10.25
May-2000 10.25
Oct-2000 11.95
Feb-2001 11.95
Sep-2001 11.95
Jan-2002 11.95
Mar-2003 11.95
Jun-2003 11.95
Mar-2004 11.95
Oct-2004 11.95
Sep-2007 11.95
Jun-2008 11.95
Oct-2009 11.95
<!DOCTYPE html>
<svg width="960" height="500"></svg>
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js"></script>
<script>
var svg = d3.select("svg"),
margin = {top: 20, right: 20, bottom: 30, left: 50},
width = +svg.attr("width") - margin.left - margin.right,
height = +svg.attr("height") - margin.top - margin.bottom,
g = svg.append("g").attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");
var parseTime = d3.timeParse("%b-%Y");
var x = d3.scaleTime()
.rangeRound([0, width]);
var y = d3.scaleLinear()
.rangeRound([height, 0]);
var line = d3.line()
.x(function(d) { return x(d.date); })
.y(function(d) { return y(d.close); });
d3.tsv("data.tsv", function(d) {
d.date = parseTime(d.date);
d.close = +d.close;
return d;
}, function(error, data) {
if (error) throw error;
x.domain(d3.extent(data, function(d) { return d.date; }));
y.domain(d3.extent(data, function(d) { return d.close; }));
g.append("g")
.attr("transform", "translate(0," + height + ")")
.call(d3.axisBottom(x))
.select(".domain")
.remove();
g.append("g")
.call(d3.axisLeft(y))
.append("text")
.attr("fill", "#000")
.attr("transform", "rotate(-90)")
.attr("y", 6)
.attr("dy", "0.71em")
.attr("text-anchor", "end")
.text("Price ($)");
g.append("path")
.datum(data)
.attr("fill", "none")
.attr("stroke", "steelblue")
.attr("stroke-linejoin", "round")
.attr("stroke-linecap", "round")
.attr("stroke-width", 1.5)
.attr("d", line);
});
</script>
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