The continuous.tickFormat() function is used to change the format of the tick values. It returns a number format function that is suitable for displaying a tick value.
Syntax:
continuous.tickFormat( count, specifier )
Parameters: This function accepts two parameters as mentioned above and described below.
- count: It is the number of tick values to be used. It is an optional parameter.
- specifier: It is a string which specifies the format to be used. It is an optional parameter.
Return Values: This function does not return anything.
The program below illustrates the continuous.tickFormat() function in D3.js:
Example 1:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html> < html > < head > </ script > < script src = </ script > < script src = </ script > < script src = </ script > </ head > < body > < h1 style = "color: green" > neveropen </ h1 > < p >continuous.tickFormat() Function </ p > < script > var x = d3.scaleLinear() .domain([0, 1]) .range([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]); var ticks = x.ticks(3) var tickFormat = x.tickFormat(3, " %"); document.write("< h3 >" + ticks.map(tickFormat) + "</ h3 >"); </ script > </ body > </ html > |
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Example 2:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html> < html > < head > </ script > < script src = </ script > < script src = </ script > < script src = </ script > </ head > < body > < h1 style = "color: green" > neveropen </ h1 > < p >continuous.tickFormat() Function </ p > < script > var x = d3.scaleLinear() .domain([0, 1]) .range(["red", "blue", "green", "orange"]); var ticks = x.ticks(5) var tickFormat = x.tickFormat(5, " $"); document.write("< h3 >" + ticks.map(tickFormat) + "</ h3 >") </ script > </ body > </ html > |
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