freeCodeCamp Challenge Guide: Add Axes to a Visualization

Add Axes to a Visualization


Hints

Hint 1

Set the y-axis variable using const yAxis = d3.axisLeft(yScale);.

Hint 2

Append the y-axis using svg.append().


Solutions

Solution 1 (Click to Show/Hide)
<body>
  <script>
    const dataset = [
                  [ 34,     78 ],
                  [ 109,   280 ],
                  [ 310,   120 ],
                  [ 79,   411 ],
                  [ 420,   220 ],
                  [ 233,   145 ],
                  [ 333,   96 ],
                  [ 222,    333 ],
                  [ 78,    320 ],
                  [ 21,   123 ]
                ];
    const w = 500;
    const h = 500;
    const padding = 60;
    const xScale = d3.scaleLinear()
                     .domain([0, d3.max(dataset, (d) => d[0])])
                     .range([padding, w - padding]);
    const yScale = d3.scaleLinear()
                     .domain([0, d3.max(dataset, (d) => d[1])])
                     .range([h - padding, padding]);
    const svg = d3.select("body")
                  .append("svg")
                  .attr("width", w)
                  .attr("height", h);
    svg.selectAll("circle")
       .data(dataset)
       .enter()
       .append("circle")
       .attr("cx", (d) => xScale(d[0]))
       .attr("cy",(d) => yScale(d[1]))
       .attr("r", (d) => 5);
    svg.selectAll("text")
       .data(dataset)
       .enter()
       .append("text")
       .text((d) =>  (d[0] + "," + d[1]))
       .attr("x", (d) => xScale(d[0] + 10))
       .attr("y", (d) => yScale(d[1]))
    const xAxis = d3.axisBottom(xScale);
    
    const yAxis = d3.axisLeft(yScale);
    
    svg.append("g")
       .attr("transform", "translate(0," + (h - padding) + ")")
       .call(xAxis);
    svg.append("g")
       .attr("transform", "translate(" + padding + ",0)")
       .call(yAxis)
  </script>
</body>
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