The d3.dsv() function in D3.js is a part of the request API that returns a request for the file of type DSV. The mime type is text/DSV. An optional row conversion function can be specified to map and filter row objects.
Syntax:
d3.dsv(delimiter, inputfile, function);
Parameters: This function accepts three parameters as mentioned above and described below:
- delimiter: It is the delimited such as “,” or “-” and so on that separates the columns.
- inputfile: It is the location of the input file.
- function: It is the function that is user-defined which performs certain actions to deal with the data.
Below given are a few examples of the function given above.
Note: Please create and save a file name sample.dsv before going with the code.
Example1:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8" /> <meta name="viewport" path1tent="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"/> <title>D3.js dsv() Function</title> </head> <style></style> <body> <script src= </script> <script src= </script> <script src= </script> <script> d3.dsv(",", "sample.dsv", (data) => { console.log(data); }); </script> </body> </html> |
Output:
Example 2: When the delimiter is ” ” (space)
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8" /> <meta name="viewport" path1tent="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"/> <title>D3.js dsv() Function</title> </head> <style></style> <body> <script src= </script> <script src= </script> <script src= </script> <script> d3.dsv(" ", "sample.dsv", (data) => { console.log(data.year, " ", data.population); }); </script> </body> </html> |
Output:
