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line interpolation with gaps

based on http://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/3310323 this shows how you put gaps in your line for missinng data -- here denoted by randomly inserting NaN values (so you may need to refresh the page if you don't see any breaks)

<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>
body {
font: 10px sans-serif;
}
.axis path, .axis line {
fill: none;
stroke: #000;
shape-rendering: crispEdges;
}
.line {
fill: none;
stroke: steelblue;
stroke-width: 1.5px;
}
.dot {
fill: white;
stroke: steelblue;
stroke-width: 1.5px;
}
</style>
<body>
<script src="http://d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<script>
var data = d3.range(20).map(function(i) {
return {x: i / 19, y: (Math.sin(i / 3) + 2) / 4};
}).map(function(d){ //remove y values at random
if(Math.random() < 0.1){
return {
x:d.x,
y:NaN
}
}
return d;
});
var margin = {top: 20, right: 30, bottom: 30, left: 40},
width = 960 - margin.left - margin.right,
height = 500 - margin.top - margin.bottom;
var x = d3.scale.linear()
.domain([0, 1])
.range([0, width]);
var y = d3.scale.linear()
.domain([0, 1])
.range([height, 0]);
var xAxis = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(x)
.orient("bottom");
var yAxis = d3.svg.axis()
.scale(y)
.orient("left");
var line = d3.svg.line()
.interpolate(function(points){ //interpolate straight lines with gaps for NaN
var section = 0;
var arrays = [[]];
points.forEach(function(d,i){
if(isNaN(d[1])){
section++;
arrays[section] = [];
}else{
arrays[section].push(d)
}
});
var pathSections = [];
arrays.forEach(function(points){
pathSections.push(d3.svg.line()(points));
})
var joined = pathSections.join('');
return joined.substr(1); //substring becasue D£ always adds an M to a path so we end up with MM at the start
})
.x(function(d) { return x(d.x); })
.y(function(d) { return y(d.y); });
var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
.datum(data)
.attr("width", width + margin.left + margin.right)
.attr("height", height + margin.top + margin.bottom)
.append("g")
.attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");
svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "x axis")
.attr("transform", "translate(0," + height + ")")
.call(xAxis);
svg.append("g")
.attr("class", "y axis")
.call(yAxis);
svg.append("path")
.attr("class", "line")
.attr("d", line);
</script>
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