freeCodeCamp Challenge Guide: Use Dynamic Scales

Use Dynamic Scales


Hints

Hint 1

Use the .domain() and .range() functions.

Hint 2

Use a callback function on the .domain() function.

Hint 3

Both the .domain() and .range() functions accept an array or two elements.

Hint 4

Subtract padding from height to get SVG height including padding.


Solutions

Solution 1 (Click to Show/Hide)

To solve the solution by including all the hints, set the yScale variable to:

const yScale = d3.scaleLinear()
  .domain([0, d3.max(dataset, (d) => d[1])])
  .range([h - padding, padding]);

The full solution now looks like:

<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;
    
    // Padding between the SVG canvas boundary and the plot
    const padding = 30;
    
    // Create an x and y scale
    
    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 output = yScale(411);
    d3.select("body")
      .append("h2")
      .text(output);
  </script>
</body>
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