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D3.js continuous.tickFormat() Function

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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 src="https://d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js">
    </script>
    <script src=
        "https://d3js.org/d3-color.v1.min.js">
    </script>
    <script src=
        "https://d3js.org/d3-interpolate.v1.min.js">
    </script>
    <script src=
    "https://d3js.org/d3-scale-chromatic.v1.min.js">
    </script>
</head>

<body>
    <h1 style="color: green">
        GeeksforGeeks
    </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>

Output:

Example 2:

HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js">
    </script>
    <script src=
        "https://d3js.org/d3-color.v1.min.js">
    </script>
    <script src=
        "https://d3js.org/d3-interpolate.v1.min.js">
    </script>
    <script src=
    "https://d3js.org/d3-scale-chromatic.v1.min.js">
    </script>
</head>

<body>
    <h1 style="color: green">
        GeeksforGeeks
    </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>

Output:


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