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barchart_letters
license: mit
<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v5.min.js"></script>
<style>
h1 {
margin: 0px 0px 15px 20px;
font-family: 'Arial';
}
.bar {
fill: steelblue;
}
.bar:hover {
fill: blue;
}
.label {
fill: black;
font: 10px sans-serif;
}
.y path, .y stroke, .y line {
display: none;
}
.x path, .x stroke {
display: none;
}
</style>
</head>
<h1>Frequency of Letters Used in the English Language</h1>
<body>
<script>
var margin = {
top: 20,
right: 20,
bottom: 30,
left: 40
};
var width = 960 - margin.left - margin.right;
var height = 700 - margin.top - margin.bottom;
var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
.attr("width", width + margin.left + margin.right)
.attr("height", height + margin.top + margin.bottom)
.append("g")
.attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");
var x = d3.scaleLinear()
.range([0, width]);
var y = d3.scaleBand()
.range([0, height]);
var xAxis = d3.axisTop(x)
.ticks(10, "%");
var yAxis = d3.axisLeft(y);
d3.csv("data.csv").then(function(data) {
console.log(data);
var maxFrequency = d3.max(data, function(d) { return d.frequency; });
x.domain([0, maxFrequency]);
y.domain(data.map(function(d) { return d.letter; }))
.paddingInner(0.1);
svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "x axis")
.attr("transform", "translate(0," + -2 + ")")
.call(xAxis);
svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "y axis")
.call(yAxis);
svg.selectAll(".bar")
.data(data)
.enter().append("rect")
.attr("class", "bar")
.attr("x", 0)
.attr("height", y.bandwidth())
.attr("y", function(d) { return y(d.letter); })
.attr("width", function(d) { return x(d.frequency); });
});
</script>
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