D3.js scaleQuantile quantile() Function

Last Updated : 23 Aug, 2020

The quantile() function of d3.scaleQuantile() in D3.js is used to return a value from the range corresponding to the given input value. This input value lies in the specified domain.

Syntax:

quantile( value )

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

value: It takes a numeric value that lies in the domain.

Return Values: This function return a value corresponding to the specified range.

The below program illustrates the quantile() function in D3.js:

Example:

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>d3.scaleQuantile | quantile() Function </p> 
  
    <script> 
        var quantile = d3.scaleQuantile() 
  
            // Setting domain and range 
            // for the scale 
            .domain([1, 10]) 
            .range([0, 960]); 
  
        // Printing the output using the 
        // quantile() function 
        document.write( 
            "<h3>" + quantile(1) + "</h3>"); 
        document.write( 
            "<h3>" + quantile(5) + "</h3>"); 
        document.write( 
            "<h3>" + quantile(9) + "</h3>"); 
        document.write( 
            "<h3>" + quantile(10) + "</h3>"); 
    </script> 
</body> 
  
</html> 