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Animated d3 word cloud
license: mit
<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<body>
<script src="http://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://rawgit.com/jasondavies/d3-cloud/master/build/d3.layout.cloud.js"></script>
<script>
//Simple animated example of d3-cloud - https://github.com/jasondavies/d3-cloud
//Based on https://github.com/jasondavies/d3-cloud/blob/master/examples/simple.html
// Encapsulate the word cloud functionality
function wordCloud(selector) {
var fill = d3.scale.category20();
//Construct the word cloud's SVG element
var svg = d3.select(selector).append("svg")
.attr("width", 500)
.attr("height", 500)
.append("g")
.attr("transform", "translate(250,250)");
//Draw the word cloud
function draw(words) {
var cloud = svg.selectAll("g text")
.data(words, function(d) { return d.text; })
//Entering words
cloud.enter()
.append("text")
.style("font-family", "Impact")
.style("fill", function(d, i) { return fill(i); })
.attr("text-anchor", "middle")
.attr('font-size', 1)
.text(function(d) { return d.text; });
//Entering and existing words
cloud
.transition()
.duration(600)
.style("font-size", function(d) { return d.size + "px"; })
.attr("transform", function(d) {
return "translate(" + [d.x, d.y] + ")rotate(" + d.rotate + ")";
})
.style("fill-opacity", 1);
//Exiting words
cloud.exit()
.transition()
.duration(200)
.style('fill-opacity', 1e-6)
.attr('font-size', 1)
.remove();
}
//Use the module pattern to encapsulate the visualisation code. We'll
// expose only the parts that need to be public.
return {
//Recompute the word cloud for a new set of words. This method will
// asycnhronously call draw when the layout has been computed.
//The outside world will need to call this function, so make it part
// of the wordCloud return value.
update: function(words) {
d3.layout.cloud().size([500, 500])
.words(words)
.padding(5)
.rotate(function() { return ~~(Math.random() * 2) * 90; })
.font("Impact")
.fontSize(function(d) { return d.size; })
.on("end", draw)
.start();
}
}
}
//Some sample data - http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Opening_lines
var words = [
"Feliz Cumpleaños Deisy, sabes que te quiero muchísimo, un fuerte abrazo"
]
//Prepare one of the sample sentences by removing punctuation,
// creating an array of words and computing a random size attribute.
function getWords(i) {
return words[i]
.replace(/[!\.,:;\?]/g, '')
.split(' ')
.map(function(d) {
return {text: d, size: 10 + Math.random() * 60};
})
}
//This method tells the word cloud to redraw with a new set of words.
//In reality the new words would probably come from a server request,
// user input or some other source.
function showNewWords(vis, i) {
i = i || 0;
vis.update(getWords(i ++ % words.length))
setTimeout(function() { showNewWords(vis, i + 1)}, 2000)
}
//Create a new instance of the word cloud visualisation.
var myWordCloud = wordCloud('body');
//Start cycling through the demo data
showNewWords(myWordCloud);
</script>
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