Selection-Join

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Selection-Join

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Created on Sep 27, 2020

This example visually demonstrates D3’s data-join pattern by repeatedly generating a random subset of alphabet letters, sorted and bound to SVG `text` elements. An infinite loop triggers a new render every two seconds, transitioning entering letters from above in green, updating letters’ horizontal positions in black, and exiting letters downward in brown before removal. The code uses `d3.select`, `d3.transition`, `selection.join` with explicit enter/update/exit handlers, and `d3.shuffle` from the D3 v6 library to create the dynamic dataset.

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This is an attempt to reproduce the selection-join tutorial on observable.

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