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02_workshop_binding data to elements
license: mit
<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<title>d3js workshop - data binding</title>
<script src="http://d3js.org/d3.v3.js"></script> <!-- import D3 library -->
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
// Write your code here
// an empty selection - looking for instantiations of data
place_holders = d3.selectAll('div')
.data(['ben', 'elcin', 'ana', 'jonatan', 'Fathy']) // data - it will be bound to the selection in next line!
.enter() // bound data to selection for every time that there is a data but there is no element
.append('div') // append a div element to each selection
// .text("hello world!"); // fill each element with text - but what was the use of data! comment this line and uncomment next line to really use the data.
place_holders.text(function(d,i){
return i+1 +" "+ d;
}); // let's really use the data to fill each element
</script>
</body>
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