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chart = {
// Specify the chart’s dimensions, based on a bar’s height.
const barHeight = 25;
const marginTop = 30;
const marginRight = 0;
const marginBottom = 10;
const marginLeft = 30;
const width = 928;
const height = Math.ceil((alphabet.length + 0.1) * barHeight) + marginTop + marginBottom;

// Create the scales.
const x = d3.scaleLinear()
.domain([0, d3.max(alphabet, d => d.frequency)])
.range([marginLeft, width - marginRight]);
const y = d3.scaleBand()
.domain(d3.sort(alphabet, d => -d.frequency).map(d => d.letter))
.rangeRound([marginTop, height - marginBottom])
.padding(0.1);

// Create a value format.
const format = x.tickFormat(20, "%");

// Create the SVG container.
const svg = d3.create("svg")
.attr("width", width)
.attr("height", height)
.attr("viewBox", [0, 0, width, height])
.attr("style", "max-width: 100%; height: auto; font: 10px sans-serif;");
// Append a rect for each letter.
svg.append("g")
.attr("fill", "steelblue")
.selectAll()
.data(alphabet)
.join("rect")
.attr("x", x(0))
.attr("y", (d) => y(d.letter))
.attr("width", (d) => x(d.frequency) - x(0))
.attr("height", y.bandwidth());
// Append a label for each letter.
svg.append("g")
.attr("fill", "white")
.attr("text-anchor", "end")
.selectAll()
.data(alphabet)
.join("text")
.attr("x", (d) => x(d.frequency))
.attr("y", (d) => y(d.letter) + y.bandwidth() / 2)
.attr("dy", "0.35em")
.attr("dx", -4)
.text((d) => format(d.frequency))
.call((text) => text.filter(d => x(d.frequency) - x(0) < 20) // short bars
.attr("dx", +4)
.attr("fill", "black")
.attr("text-anchor", "start"));

// Create the axes.
svg.append("g")
.attr("transform", `translate(0,${marginTop})`)
.call(d3.axisTop(x).ticks(width / 80, "%"))
.call(g => g.select(".domain").remove());

svg.append("g")
.attr("transform", `translate(${marginLeft},0)`)
.call(d3.axisLeft(y).tickSizeOuter(0));

return svg.node();
}
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alphabet = FileAttachment("alphabet.csv").csv({typed: true})
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Plot.plot({
x: {axis: "top", percent: true},
y: {label: null},
marks: [
Plot.barX(alphabet, {x: "frequency", y: "letter", fill: "steelblue", sort: {y: "-x"}}),
Plot.text(alphabet, {x: "frequency", y: "letter", text: d => format(d.frequency), textAnchor: "start", dx: 3, filter: d => d.frequency <= 0.007, fill: "currentColor"}),
Plot.text(alphabet, {x: "frequency", y: "letter", text: d => format(d.frequency), textAnchor: "end", dx: -3, filter: d => d.frequency > 0.007, fill: "white" }),
Plot.ruleX([0])
]
})
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format = d3.format(".1%")
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