I am trying to replicate this example of a multiline chart with dots. My data is basically the same, where I have an object with name and values in the first level, and then a couple of values in the second level inside values. For the most part, my code works, but for some reason, the j index in the anonymous function for the fill returns an array of repeated circle instead of returning the parent of the current element. I believe this may have something to do with the way I created the svg and selected the elements, but I can't figure it out. Below is an excerpt of my code that shows how I created the svg, the line path and the circles.
var svgb = d3.select("body")
.append("svg")
.attr("id","svg-b")
.attr("width", width)
.attr("height", height)
var gameb = svgb.selectAll(".gameb")
.data(games)
.enter()
.append("g")
.attr("class", "gameb");
gameb.append("path")
.attr("class", "line")
.attr("d", function(d) {return line_count(d.values); })
.style("stroke", function(d) { return color(d.name); })
.style("fill", "none");
gameb.selectAll("circle")
.data(function(d) {return d.values;})
.enter()
.append("circle")
.attr("cx", function(d) {return x(d.date);})
.attr("cy", function(d) {return y_count(d.count);})
.attr("r", 3)
.style("fill", function(d,i,j) {console.log(j)
return color(games[j].name);});
j (or more accurately, the third parameter) will always be the nodes in the selection (the array of circles here), not the parent. If you want the parent datum you can use:
.attr("fill", function() {
let parent = this.parentNode;
let datum = d3.select(parent).datum();
return color(datum.name);
})
Note that using ()=> instead of function() will change the this context and the above will not work.
However, rather than coloring each circle independently, you could use a or the parent g to color the circles too:
gameb.append("g")
.style("fill", function(d) { return color(d.name); })
.selectAll("circle")
.data(function(d) {return d.values;})
.enter()
.append("circle")
.attr("cx", function(d) {return x(d.date);})
.attr("cy", function(d) {return y_count(d.count);})
.attr("r", 3);
Here we add an intermediate g (though we could use the original parent with a few additional modifications), apply a fill color to it, and then the parent g will color the children circles for us. The datum is passed on to this new g behind the scenes.