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Simple bar chart that takes in a .csv. Particular format for sharing data. Bar chart handles changes in values and changes in the amount of records

Food by Deliciousness
Source: Andrew Parnell
Metadata Notes: Things I think are yummy
Food Rating
Bananas 7
Green Beans 5
Egg Salad Sandwich 3
Ice Cream 5
Vegemite 8
Apples 6
Peaches 8
Figs 3
Beef 5
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<script src="http://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<style type="text/css">
.title {
font: 20px sans-serif;
}
.axisTitle {
font: 14px sans-serif;
}
.axis text {
font: 10px sans-serif;
}
.axis path,
.axis line {
fill: none;
stroke: #000;
shape-rendering: crispEdges;
}
x.axis text {
font: 10px sans-serif;
}
.x.axis path,
x.axis line {
fill: none;
stroke: #000;
shape-rendering: crispEdges;
}
</style>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Test</title>
<script type = "text/javascript" src="d3.v3.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
//set up canvas and bar sizes
var canvasWidth = 600,
canvasHeight = 500,
otherMargins = canvasWidth * 0.1,
bottomMargin = canvasHeight * 0.25,
maxBarHeight = canvasHeight - otherMargins - bottomMargin,
maxChartWidth = canvasWidth - otherMargins * 2;
//set up linear scale for data to fit on chart area
var yScale = d3.scale.linear()
.range([maxBarHeight, 0]);
//set up ordinal scale for x variables
var xScale = d3.scale.ordinal();
//add canvas to HTML
var chart = d3.select("body").append("svg")
.attr("width",canvasWidth)
.attr("height", canvasHeight);
//set up y axis
var yAxis = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(yScale)
.orient("left")
.ticks(5);
//set up x axis
var xAxis = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(xScale)
.orient("bottom")
.tickSize(0);
//add in data
//csv has 4 lines before the data to be graphed
//First line - Title of the chart
//Second line - Source of the data
//Third line - Metadata notes
//Fourth line - blank
//Fifth line - x variable name, y variable name
//Sixth line onwards - x variable value, y variable value
d3.xhr("Food.csv").get(function (error, response) {
//retrieve data
var dirtyCSV = response.responseText;
var cleanCSV = dirtyCSV.split('\n').slice(4).join('\n');
var data = d3.csv.parse(cleanCSV)
//retrieve title
var dirtyTitle = dirtyCSV.split('\n').slice(0,1).join('\n');
var title = dirtyTitle.slice(0,-1);
//get variable names
var keys = d3.keys(data[0]);
var xName = keys[0];
var yName = keys[1];
//accessing the properties of each object with the variable name through its key
var yData = function(d) {return +d[yName];};
var xData = function(d) {return d[xName];}
// find highest value
var maxY = d3.max(data, yData);
//set x domain by mapping an array of the variables along x axis
xScale.domain(data.map(xData));
//set y domain with max y value and use .nice() to ensure the y axis is labelled above the max y value
yScale.domain([0, maxY]).nice();
//set bar width with rangeBands ([x axis width], gap between bars, gap before and after bars) as a proportion of bar width
xScale.rangeBands([0, maxChartWidth], 0.1, 0.25);
//set up rectangle elements with attributes based on data
var rects = chart.selectAll("rect")
.data(data)
.enter()
.append("rect");
//set up attributes of svg rectangle elements based on attributes
var rectAttributes = rects
.attr("x", function (d) {return (xScale(d[xName])) + otherMargins; })
.attr("y", function (d) {return yScale(d[yName]) + otherMargins; })
.attr("width", xScale.rangeBand())
.attr("height", function (d) {return maxBarHeight - yScale(d[yName])})
.style("fill", "blue")
.append("title")
.text(yData);
//chart title
chart.append("text")
.attr("class", "title")
.attr("x", (maxChartWidth / 2) + otherMargins)
.attr("y", otherMargins / 2)
.style("text-anchor", "middle")
.text(title);
//append y axis
chart.append("g")
.attr("class", "axis")
.attr("transform", "translate(" + otherMargins + ", " + otherMargins + ")")
.call(yAxis);
//y axis title
chart.append("text")
.attr("class", "axisTitle")
.attr("transform", "rotate(-90)")
.attr("x", -((maxBarHeight / 2) + otherMargins))
.attr("y", otherMargins / 2)
.attr("dy", "-0.5em")
.style("text-anchor", "middle")
.text(yName);
//append x axis
chart.append("g")
.attr("class", "x axis")
.attr("transform", "translate(" + otherMargins + ", " + (canvasHeight - bottomMargin) + ")")
.call(xAxis)
.selectAll("text")
.attr("dy", "1.15em")
.call(wrap, xScale.rangeBand()); //calls wrap function below
//x axis title
chart.append("text")
.attr("class", "axisTitle")
.attr("x", (maxChartWidth / 2) + otherMargins)
.attr("y", canvasHeight - (bottomMargin / 2))
.style("text-anchor", "middle")
.text(xName);
//chart border - not necessary used for reference for the edge of canvas
var border = chart.append("rect")
.attr("x", 0)
.attr("y", 0)
.attr("height", canvasHeight)
.attr("width", canvasWidth)
.style("stroke", "black")
.style("fill", "none")
.style("stroke-width", 1);
//log anything in the console for debugging
console.log(Object.keys(data));
});
//line wrap function adapted from "Wrapping Long Labels" - mike bostock
function wrap(text, width) {
text.each(function() {
var text = d3.select(this),
words = text.text().split(/\s+/).reverse(),
word,
line = [],
lineNumber = 0,
lineHeight = 1.1, //em
y = text.attr("y"),
dy = parseFloat(text.attr("dy")),
tspan = text.text(null).append("tspan").attr("x", 0).attr("y", y).attr("dy", dy + "em");
while (word = words.pop()) {
line.push(word);
tspan.text(line.join(" "));
if (tspan.node().getComputedTextLength() > width) {
line.pop();
tspan.text(line.join(" "));
line = [word];
tspan = text.append("tspan").attr("x", 0).attr("y", y).attr("dy", ++lineNumber * lineHeight + dy + "em").text(word);
}
}
})
}
//while the data is being loaded it turns the strings into a number
function type(d) {
d[yName] = +d[yName];
return d;
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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