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May 27, 2019
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chart = {
const svg = d3.select(DOM.svg(width, height));
const bar = svg.append("g")
.attr("fill", "steelblue")
.selectAll("rect")
.data(bins)
.join("rect")
.attr("x", d => x(d.x0) + 1)
.attr("width", d => Math.max(0, x(d.x1) - x(d.x0) - 1))
.attr("y", d => y(d.length))
.attr("height", d => y(0) - y(d.length));

svg.append("g")
.call(xAxis);
svg.append("g")
.call(yAxis);
return svg.node();
}
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data = Object.assign(await d3.csv("https://gist.githubusercontent.com/mbostock/682b782da9e1448e6eaac00bb3d3cd9d/raw/0e0a145ded8b1672701dc8b2a702e51c648312d4/unemployment.csv", ({rate}) => +rate), {x: "Unemployment (%)", y: "Counties"})
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bins = d3.histogram()
.domain(x.domain())
.thresholds(x.ticks(40))
(data)
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x = d3.scaleLinear()
.domain(d3.extent(data)).nice()
.range([margin.left, width - margin.right])
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y = d3.scaleLinear()
.domain([0, d3.max(bins, d => d.length)]).nice()
.range([height - margin.bottom, margin.top])
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xAxis = g => g
.attr("transform", `translate(0,${height - margin.bottom})`)
.call(d3.axisBottom(x).tickSizeOuter(0))
.call(g => g.append("text")
.attr("x", width - margin.right)
.attr("y", -4)
.attr("fill", "#000")
.attr("font-weight", "bold")
.attr("text-anchor", "end")
.text(data.x))
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yAxis = g => g
.attr("transform", `translate(${margin.left},0)`)
.call(d3.axisLeft(y))
.call(g => g.select(".domain").remove())
.call(g => g.select(".tick:last-of-type text").clone()
.attr("x", 4)
.attr("text-anchor", "start")
.attr("font-weight", "bold")
.text(data.y))
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height = 500
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margin = ({top: 20, right: 20, bottom: 30, left: 40})
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d3 = require("d3@5")
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