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D3.js scalePoint() Function

The d3.scalepoint() function is used to create and return a new point scale with a particular domain and range, no rounding, no padding, and center alignment.

Syntax:

d3.scalePoint([[domain, ]range]);

Parameters: This function takes two parameters as given above and described below:

  • domain: It defines the minimum and maximum value for the scale. By default, the domain contain an empty array.
  • range: Every value in domain maps with value in the range. The default range is [0,1].

Return Values: This function does not return anything.

Example 1:

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" path1tent=
        "width=device-width, 
        initial-scale = 1.0" />
  
    <script src=
        "https://d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js">
    </script>
</head>
  
<body>
    <script>
        // Creating the point scale with
        // specified domain and range.
        var point = d3.scalePoint()
  
            // Setting domain for the scale
            .domain(["red", "green", "black", "blue"])
          
            // Setting the range for the scale.
            .range([0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5]);
  
        console.log("point(red)", point("red"));
        console.log("point(black)", point("black"));
        console.log("point(green)", point("green"));
        console.log("point(blue)", point("blue"));
    </script>
</body>
  
</html>


Output:

Example 2:

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" path1tent=
        "width=device-width, 
        initial-scale = 1.0" />
  
    <script src=
        "https://d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js">
    </script>
</head>
  
<body>
    <script>
        // Creating the point scale with
        // specified domain and range.
        var point = d3.scalePoint()
  
            // Setting domain for the scale
            .domain([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6])
          
            // Setting the range for the scale.
            .range([3, 4, 0.5]);
  
        console.log("point(1)", point("1"));
        console.log("point(3)", point("3"));
        console.log("point(5)", point("5"));
    </script>
</body>
  
</html>


Output:

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