D3.js time.range() Function

The time.range() function is used to set the range of the scale to the specified array of values. The array given contains two or more elements.

Syntax:

time.range([range]);

Parameters: This function accepts single parameter as mentioned above and described below:

range: This parameter accepts an array of numbers or strings.

Return Values: This function does not return anything.

Below examples illustrate the time.range() function in D3.js:

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> 
    <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> 
    <h2 style="color:green;">
        Geeksforgeeks
    </h2>
    <p>time.range() Function </p>
    <script>
        // Setting domain for the scale. 
        // Setting the range of the scale.
        var time = d3.scaleTime()                 
                .domain([1, 100])                 
                .range([1, 10]);
        document.write("<h3>time(10): "
        +time(10)+"</h3>");
        document.write("<h3>time(20): "
        +time(20)+"</h3>");
        document.write("<h3>time(30): "
        +time(30)+"</h3>");
        document.write("<h3>time(40): "
        +time(40)+"</h3>");
    </script> 
</body> 
</html>

Output:

Example 2: The following example demonstrates the above function when the range is of type string.

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> 
    <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> 
<style>

</style>
<body> 
    <h2 style="color: green;">
        Geeksforgeeks
    </h2>
    <p>time.range() Function </p>
    <script>
        // Setting domain for the scale. 
        // Setting the range of the scale.
        var time = d3.scaleTime()                 
                .domain([1, 10])                 
                .range(["red", "green"]);
        document.write("<h3>time(1.5): "
            +time(1.5)+"</h3>");
        document.write("<h3>time(2): "
            +time(2)+"</h3>");
        document.write("<h3>time(3.5): "
            +time(3.5)+"</h3>");
        document.write("<h3>time(4.5): "
            +time(4.5)+"</h3>");
    </script> 
</body> 
</html>

Output:

D3.js time.range() Function

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