freeCodeCamp/guide/english/certifications/data-visualization/data-visualization-with-d3/display-shapes-with-svg/index.md

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title: Display Shapes with SVG
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## Display Shapes with SVG

This challenge can be approached in a similar fashion to the previous one; with the difference being that, this time, you must add a specified shape **within** the appended SVG node. SVG supports several shape definitions, but in this instance, we will use **rect**.

## Hint 1

Check that you have appended the **rect** using D3's 'append()' method. (Be sure to enclose **rect** in quotation marks).

## Hint 2

Now assign attributes to the shape using D3's '.attr()' method. You can chain multiple uses of this method. Remember when assigning x and y co-ordinates that within the SVG area, point (0,0) occurs on the top-**left**. As such, while x values dictate how far right an element moves, y values will dictate how far **downward** it moves from the origin point.

## Solution (!!Spoiler Alert!!)
 ```
<body>
  <script>
    const dataset = [12, 31, 22, 17, 25, 18, 29, 14, 9];
    
    const w = 500;
    const h = 100;
    
    const svg = d3.select("body")
                  .append("svg")
                  .attr("width", w)
                  .attr("height", h)
                  // Add your code below this line
                  .append("rect")
                  .attr("width", 25)
                  .attr("height",100)
                  .attr("x",0)
                  .attr("y",0);
                  
                  
                  // Add your code above this line
  </script>
</body>
```
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			`title: Display Shapes with SVG`
			`---`
			`## Display Shapes with SVG`

Hints+Solution for D3 Display Shapes Challenge (#29513) * Hints+Solution for D3 Display Shapes Challenge * fix: removed stub info 2019-06-11 17:48:33 +01:00			`This challenge can be approached in a similar fashion to the previous one; with the difference being that, this time, you must add a specified shape within the appended SVG node. SVG supports several shape definitions, but in this instance, we will use rect.`
fix: change directory structure 2018-10-12 15:37:13 -04:00
Hints+Solution for D3 Display Shapes Challenge (#29513) * Hints+Solution for D3 Display Shapes Challenge * fix: removed stub info 2019-06-11 17:48:33 +01:00			`## Hint 1`
fix: change directory structure 2018-10-12 15:37:13 -04:00
Hints+Solution for D3 Display Shapes Challenge (#29513) * Hints+Solution for D3 Display Shapes Challenge * fix: removed stub info 2019-06-11 17:48:33 +01:00			`Check that you have appended the rect using D3's 'append()' method. (Be sure to enclose rect in quotation marks).`

			`## Hint 2`

			`Now assign attributes to the shape using D3's '.attr()' method. You can chain multiple uses of this method. Remember when assigning x and y co-ordinates that within the SVG area, point (0,0) occurs on the top-left. As such, while x values dictate how far right an element moves, y values will dictate how far downward it moves from the origin point.`

			`## Solution (!!Spoiler Alert!!)`
			```
			`<body>`
			`<script>`
			`const dataset = [12, 31, 22, 17, 25, 18, 29, 14, 9];`

			`const w = 500;`
			`const h = 100;`

			`const svg = d3.select("body")`
			`.append("svg")`
			`.attr("width", w)`
			`.attr("height", h)`
			`// Add your code below this line`
			`.append("rect")`
			`.attr("width", 25)`
			`.attr("height",100)`
			`.attr("x",0)`
			`.attr("y",0);`


			`// Add your code above this line`
			`</script>`
			`</body>`
			```