D3.js chord.sortSubgroups() Function

The chord.sortSubgroups() function in D3.js is used to set the subgroup comparator to the specified function or null and returns this chord layout.

Syntax:

chord.sortSubgroups([compare]);

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

  • compare: This parameter is the function to set the subgroup comparator.

Return Value: This function returns the chord layout.

Below programs illustrate the chord.sortSubgroups() function in D3.js

Example 1:




<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html
<head
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <script src="https://d3js.org/d3.v4.js"></script>
</head
<body>
    <center
        <h1 style="color:green;">w3wiki</h1>
            
        <h3>D3.js | chord.sortSubgroups() Function</h3>
        <div id="GFG"></div>
          
        <script>
            // Create the svg area
            var svg = d3.select("#GFG")
                .append("svg")
                .attr("width", 320)
                .attr("height", 320)
                .append("g")
                .attr("transform", "translate(160, 160)")
                          
            // Create input data
            var data = [[ 10, 161, 80, 80, 12, 34, 53],
                 [13, 990,  9, 69, 76, 35, 4],
                 [175,  71, 16, 68, 0, 0, 3],
                 [51, 148, 60, 71, 34, 5, 1],
                 [13, 990,  9, 69, 76, 35, 4],
                 [175,  71, 16, 68, 0, 0, 3],
                 [51, 148, 60, 71, 34, 5, 1]];
                           
            // Give this matrix to d3.chord()
            var chords = d3.chord()
                .padAngle(0.2) 
                  
                // Use of chord.sortSubgroups() Function
                .sortSubgroups(d3.ascending)
                (data)
                          
            svg.datum(chords)
                .append("g")
                .selectAll("g")
                .data(function (d) { return d.groups; })
                .enter()
                .append("g")
                .append("path")
                .style("fill", "yellow")
                .style("stroke", "black")
                .attr("d", d3.arc()
                    .innerRadius(100)
                    .outerRadius(150)
                    )
                      
            svg.datum(chords)
                .append("g")
                .selectAll("path")
                .data(function (d) { return d; })
                .enter()
                .append("path")
                .attr("d", d3.ribbon()
                    .radius(120)
                    )
                .style("fill", "purple")
                .style("stroke", "black");
        </script
    </center>
</body
</html


Output:

Example 2:




<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html
<head
    <meta charset="utf-8">    
    <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
    <center
        <h1 style="color:green;">w3wiki</h1>
            
        <h3>D3.js | chord.sortSubgroups() Function</h3>
        <div id="GFG"></div>
          
        <script>
            // Create the svg area
            var svg = d3.select("#GFG")
                .append("svg")
                .attr("width", 340)
                .attr("height", 340)
                .append("g")
                .attr("transform", "translate(170, 170)")
                  
            // Create input data
            var data = [[0, 71, 89, 68, 71, 89, 68],
                [ 11, 0, 60, 71, 9,  9, 0],
                [ 10, 145, 0, 85, 145, 0, 85],
                [ 13, 9,  9, 0, 0, 60, 71],
                [ 13, 9,  9, 0, 0, 60, 71],
                [ 10, 145, 0, 85, 145, 0, 85],
                [0, 71, 89, 68, 71, 89, 68]];
              
            // 4 groups, so create a vector of 4 colors
            var colors_1 = [d3.schemeSet1[0], 
                d3.schemeCategory10[1],
                d3.schemeCategory10[2], d3.schemeCategory10[3],
                d3.schemeCategory10[4], d3.schemeCategory10[5],
                d3.schemeCategory10[6]];
                      
            var colors = [d3.schemeSet1[0], d3.schemeSet1[1],
                d3.schemeSet1[2], d3.schemeSet1[3],
                d3.schemeSet1[4], d3.schemeSet1[5],
                d3.schemeSet1[6]];
      
            // Give this matrix to d3.chord()
            var chords = d3.chord()
                .padAngle(0.2)
                  
                // Use of chord.sortSubgroups() Function
                .sortSubgroups(d3.descending)
                (data)
                          
            svg.datum(chords)
                .append("g")
                .selectAll("g")
                .data(function (d) { return d.groups; })
                .enter()
                .append("g")
                .append("path")
                .style("fill", function (d, i) {
                    return colors[i] 
                })
                .style("stroke", "black")
                .attr("d", d3.arc()
                    .innerRadius(150)
                    .outerRadius(160)
                )
              
            svg.datum(chords)
                .append("g")
                .selectAll("path")
                .data(function (d) { return d; })
                .enter()
                .append("path")
                .attr("d", d3.ribbon()
                    .radius(150)
                    )
                .style("fill", function (d, i) {
                    return colors_1[i] 
                })
                .style("stroke", "black");
        </script
    </center>
</body
</html>


Output: