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Scatterplot

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This scatterplot is constructed from a TSV file storing the dimensions of sepals and petals of various iris flowers. The chart employs conventional margins and a number of D3 features:

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index.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>

body {
  font: 10px sans-serif;
}

.axis path,
.axis line {
  fill: none;
  stroke: #000;
  shape-rendering: crispEdges;
}

.dot {
  stroke: #000;
}

</style>
<body>
<script src="//d3js.org/d3.v3.min.js"></script>
<script>

var margin = {top: 20, right: 20, bottom: 30, left: 40},
    width = 960 - margin.left - margin.right,
    height = 500 - margin.top - margin.bottom;

var x = d3.scale.linear()
    .range([0, width]);

var y = d3.scale.linear()
    .range([height, 0]);

var color = d3.scale.category10();

var xAxis = d3.svg.axis()
    .scale(x)
    .orient("bottom");

var yAxis = d3.svg.axis()
    .scale(y)
    .orient("left");

var svg = d3.select("body").append("svg")
    .attr("width", width + margin.left + margin.right)
    .attr("height", height + margin.top + margin.bottom)
  .append("g")
    .attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");

d3.tsv("data.tsv", function(error, data) {
  if (error) throw error;

  data.forEach(function(d) {
    d.sepalLength = +d.sepalLength;
    d.sepalWidth = +d.sepalWidth;
  });

  x.domain(d3.extent(data, function(d) { return d.sepalWidth; })).nice();
  y.domain(d3.extent(data, function(d) { return d.sepalLength; })).nice();

  svg.append("g")
      .attr("class", "x axis")
      .attr("transform", "translate(0," + height + ")")
      .call(xAxis)
    .append("text")
      .attr("class", "label")
      .attr("x", width)
      .attr("y", -6)
      .style("text-anchor", "end")
      .text("Sepal Width (cm)");

  svg.append("g")
      .attr("class", "y axis")
      .call(yAxis)
    .append("text")
      .attr("class", "label")
      .attr("transform", "rotate(-90)")
      .attr("y", 6)
      .attr("dy", ".71em")
      .style("text-anchor", "end")
      .text("Sepal Length (cm)")

  svg.selectAll(".dot")
      .data(data)
    .enter().append("circle")
      .attr("class", "dot")
      .attr("r", 3.5)
      .attr("cx", function(d) { return x(d.sepalWidth); })
      .attr("cy", function(d) { return y(d.sepalLength); })
      .style("fill", function(d) { return color(d.species); });

  var legend = svg.selectAll(".legend")
      .data(color.domain())
    .enter().append("g")
      .attr("class", "legend")
      .attr("transform", function(d, i) { return "translate(0," + i * 20 + ")"; });

  legend.append("rect")
      .attr("x", width - 18)
      .attr("width", 18)
      .attr("height", 18)
      .style("fill", color);

  legend.append("text")
      .attr("x", width - 24)
      .attr("y", 9)
      .attr("dy", ".35em")
      .style("text-anchor", "end")
      .text(function(d) { return d; });

});

</script>

data.tsv

sepalLength	sepalWidth	petalLength	petalWidth	species
5.1	3.5	1.4	0.2	setosa
4.9	3.0	1.4	0.2	setosa
4.7	3.2	1.3	0.2	setosa
4.6	3.1	1.5	0.2	setosa
5.0	3.6	1.4	0.2	setosa
5.4	3.9	1.7	0.4	setosa
4.6	3.4	1.4	0.3	setosa
5.0	3.4	1.5	0.2	setosa
4.4	2.9	1.4	0.2	setosa
4.9	3.1	1.5	0.1	setosa
5.4	3.7	1.5	0.2	setosa
4.8	3.4	1.6	0.2	setosa
4.8	3.0	1.4	0.1	setosa
4.3	3.0	1.1	0.1	setosa
5.8	4.0	1.2	0.2	setosa
5.7	4.4	1.5	0.4	setosa
5.4	3.9	1.3	0.4	setosa
5.1	3.5	1.4	0.3	setosa
5.7	3.8	1.7	0.3	setosa
5.1	3.8	1.5	0.3	setosa
5.4	3.4	1.7	0.2	setosa
5.1	3.7	1.5	0.4	setosa
4.6	3.6	1.0	0.2	setosa
5.1	3.3	1.7	0.5	setosa
4.8	3.4	1.9	0.2	setosa
5.0	3.0	1.6	0.2	setosa
5.0	3.4	1.6	0.4	setosa
5.2	3.5	1.5	0.2	setosa
5.2	3.4	1.4	0.2	setosa
4.7	3.2	1.6	0.2	setosa
4.8	3.1	1.6	0.2	setosa
5.4	3.4	1.5	0.4	setosa
5.2	4.1	1.5	0.1	setosa
5.5	4.2	1.4	0.2	setosa
4.9	3.1	1.5	0.2	setosa
5.0	3.2	1.2	0.2	setosa
5.5	3.5	1.3	0.2	setosa
4.9	3.6	1.4	0.1	setosa
4.4	3.0	1.3	0.2	setosa
5.1	3.4	1.5	0.2	setosa
5.0	3.5	1.3	0.3	setosa
4.5	2.3	1.3	0.3	setosa
4.4	3.2	1.3	0.2	setosa
5.0	3.5	1.6	0.6	setosa
5.1	3.8	1.9	0.4	setosa
4.8	3.0	1.4	0.3	setosa
5.1	3.8	1.6	0.2	setosa
4.6	3.2	1.4	0.2	setosa
5.3	3.7	1.5	0.2	setosa
5.0	3.3	1.4	0.2	setosa
7.0	3.2	4.7	1.4	versicolor
6.4	3.2	4.5	1.5	versicolor
6.9	3.1	4.9	1.5	versicolor
5.5	2.3	4.0	1.3	versicolor
6.5	2.8	4.6	1.5	versicolor
5.7	2.8	4.5	1.3	versicolor
6.3	3.3	4.7	1.6	versicolor
4.9	2.4	3.3	1.0	versicolor
6.6	2.9	4.6	1.3	versicolor
5.2	2.7	3.9	1.4	versicolor
5.0	2.0	3.5	1.0	versicolor
5.9	3.0	4.2	1.5	versicolor
6.0	2.2	4.0	1.0	versicolor
6.1	2.9	4.7	1.4	versicolor
5.6	2.9	3.6	1.3	versicolor
6.7	3.1	4.4	1.4	versicolor
5.6	3.0	4.5	1.5	versicolor
5.8	2.7	4.1	1.0	versicolor
6.2	2.2	4.5	1.5	versicolor
5.6	2.5	3.9	1.1	versicolor
5.9	3.2	4.8	1.8	versicolor
6.1	2.8	4.0	1.3	versicolor
6.3	2.5	4.9	1.5	versicolor
6.1	2.8	4.7	1.2	versicolor
6.4	2.9	4.3	1.3	versicolor
6.6	3.0	4.4	1.4	versicolor
6.8	2.8	4.8	1.4	versicolor
6.7	3.0	5.0	1.7	versicolor
6.0	2.9	4.5	1.5	versicolor
5.7	2.6	3.5	1.0	versicolor
5.5	2.4	3.8	1.1	versicolor
5.5	2.4	3.7	1.0	versicolor
5.8	2.7	3.9	1.2	versicolor
6.0	2.7	5.1	1.6	versicolor
5.4	3.0	4.5	1.5	versicolor
6.0	3.4	4.5	1.6	versicolor
6.7	3.1	4.7	1.5	versicolor
6.3	2.3	4.4	1.3	versicolor
5.6	3.0	4.1	1.3	versicolor
5.5	2.5	4.0	1.3	versicolor
5.5	2.6	4.4	1.2	versicolor
6.1	3.0	4.6	1.4	versicolor
5.8	2.6	4.0	1.2	versicolor
5.0	2.3	3.3	1.0	versicolor
5.6	2.7	4.2	1.3	versicolor
5.7	3.0	4.2	1.2	versicolor
5.7	2.9	4.2	1.3	versicolor
6.2	2.9	4.3	1.3	versicolor
5.1	2.5	3.0	1.1	versicolor
5.7	2.8	4.1	1.3	versicolor
6.3	3.3	6.0	2.5	virginica
5.8	2.7	5.1	1.9	virginica
7.1	3.0	5.9	2.1	virginica
6.3	2.9	5.6	1.8	virginica
6.5	3.0	5.8	2.2	virginica
7.6	3.0	6.6	2.1	virginica
4.9	2.5	4.5	1.7	virginica
7.3	2.9	6.3	1.8	virginica
6.7	2.5	5.8	1.8	virginica
7.2	3.6	6.1	2.5	virginica
6.5	3.2	5.1	2.0	virginica
6.4	2.7	5.3	1.9	virginica
6.8	3.0	5.5	2.1	virginica
5.7	2.5	5.0	2.0	virginica
5.8	2.8	5.1	2.4	virginica
6.4	3.2	5.3	2.3	virginica
6.5	3.0	5.5	1.8	virginica
7.7	3.8	6.7	2.2	virginica
7.7	2.6	6.9	2.3	virginica
6.0	2.2	5.0	1.5	virginica
6.9	3.2	5.7	2.3	virginica
5.6	2.8	4.9	2.0	virginica
7.7	2.8	6.7	2.0	virginica
6.3	2.7	4.9	1.8	virginica
6.7	3.3	5.7	2.1	virginica
7.2	3.2	6.0	1.8	virginica
6.2	2.8	4.8	1.8	virginica
6.1	3.0	4.9	1.8	virginica
6.4	2.8	5.6	2.1	virginica
7.2	3.0	5.8	1.6	virginica
7.4	2.8	6.1	1.9	virginica
7.9	3.8	6.4	2.0	virginica
6.4	2.8	5.6	2.2	virginica
6.3	2.8	5.1	1.5	virginica
6.1	2.6	5.6	1.4	virginica
7.7	3.0	6.1	2.3	virginica
6.3	3.4	5.6	2.4	virginica
6.4	3.1	5.5	1.8	virginica
6.0	3.0	4.8	1.8	virginica
6.9	3.1	5.4	2.1	virginica
6.7	3.1	5.6	2.4	virginica
6.9	3.1	5.1	2.3	virginica
5.8	2.7	5.1	1.9	virginica
6.8	3.2	5.9	2.3	virginica
6.7	3.3	5.7	2.5	virginica
6.7	3.0	5.2	2.3	virginica
6.3	2.5	5.0	1.9	virginica
6.5	3.0	5.2	2.0	virginica
6.2	3.4	5.4	2.3	virginica
5.9	3.0	5.1	1.8	virginica