The symbol.type() method takes a symbol type, sets the generators symbol that it will generate. The default symbol type, if not set, is d3.symbolCircle.
Syntax:
symbol.type([type])
Parameters: This function accepts a single parameter as mentioned above and described below:
- type: This is the type of symbol to be set.
Return Value: This method has no return value.
Example 1:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html> < html > < head >     < meta charset = "utf-8" >       < script src =     </ script > </ head >   < body >       < h1 style = "text-align:center; color:green;" >         neveropen     </ h1 >       < h3 style = "text-align: center;" >         D3.js | symbol.type() Method     </ h3 >       < center >     < svg id = "gfg" width = "100" height = "100" ></ svg >     </ center >       < script >         var sym = d3.symbol()             .type(d3.symbolSquare).size(500);         d3.select("#gfg")             .append("path")             .attr("d", sym)             .attr("fill", "green")             .attr("transform", "translate(50,50)");       </ script > </ body >   </ html > |
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Example 2:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html> < html > < head >     < meta charset = "utf-8" >       < script src =     </ script > </ head >   < body >     < h1 style = "text-align:center; color:green;" >         neveropen     </ h1 >       < h3 style = "text-align: center;" >         D3.js | symbol.type() Method     </ h3 >       < center >     < svg id = "gfg" width = "100" height = "100" ></ svg >     </ center >       < script >         var sym = d3.symbol()             .type(d3.symbolCircle).size(500);         d3.select("#gfg")             .append("path")             .attr("d", sym)             .attr("fill", "green")             .attr("transform", "translate(50,50)");     </ script > </ body >   </ html > |
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