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Lines as Text
license: mit
<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js"></script>
<style>
body { margin:0;position:fixed;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;left:0; }
g.line path {fill: none; stroke: lightgray; stroke-dasharray: 5, 15;}
g.line text {font: ""; fill: gray; font-size: 14px;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<script>
var margins = {top: 5, right: 10, bottom: 25, left: 30},
width = 960,
height = 500;
var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
.attr("width", width)
.attr("height", height)
.append("g").attr("class", "margins")
.attr("transform", "translate(" + margins.left + "," + margins.top + ")");
var data = [
{name: "Tom", values: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]},
{name: "Jane", values: [2, 5, 3, 1, 6]},
{name: "Frank", values: [5, 3, 2, 2, 1]}
];
var x = d3.scaleLinear()
.domain([0, d3.max(data, d => d.values.length - 1)])
.range([0, width - margins.left - margins.right]),
xAxis = d3.axisBottom().scale(x),
y = d3.scaleLinear()
.domain([0, d3.max(data, d => d3.max(d.values))])
.range([height - margins.top - margins.bottom, 0]),
yAxis = d3.axisLeft().scale(y),
line = d3.line()
.x(function(d, i) { return x(i); })
.y(function(d) { return y(d); })
.curve(d3.curveMonotoneX);
svg.append("g").attr("class", "x axis")
.attr("transform", "translate(" + 0 + "," + (height - margins.bottom - margins.top) + ")")
.call(xAxis);
svg.append("g").attr("class", "y axis").call(yAxis);
var lineGroups = svg.selectAll("g.line").data(data)
.enter().append("g")
.attr("class", "line");
lineGroups.append("path")
.attr("id", d => d.name)
.attr("d", d => line(d.values));
lineGroups.append("text")
.attr("dy", "0.35em")
.append("textPath")
.attr("xlink:href", d => "#" + d.name)
.text(d => nameRepeat(d.name));
function nameRepeat(name) {
var repeatNum = 50;
var outText = "";
for (var i = 0; i < repeatNum; i++) outText += (name + " ");
return outText
}
</script>
</body>
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