Tell us what’s happening:
Why must .append() come before .text() in order to render in the following block of code? I’m trying to dig into the documentation but am having a hard time understanding what is happening conceptually.
<body>
<script>
const dataset = [12, 31, 22, 17, 25, 18, 29, 14, 9];
// Add your code below this line
d3.select('body')
.selectAll('h2')
.data(dataset)
.enter()
.append('h2')
.text('New Item')
// Add your code above this line
</script>
</body>
If I had to take a stab at it I would guess it is because .text([text]).append('h2') would try to append the h2 elements to text nodes(?) which I would presume is impossible. Please help me understand.
Documentation for reference:
Append and Text.
Challenge: Work with Data in D3
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