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title: Work with Data in D3
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## Work with Data in D3
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### Problem Explanation:
This challenge uses the `select`, `selectAll`, `append`, and `text` methods seen in previous challenges. It adds 2 new D3 methods: `data` and `enter` to target the given data and display an element on the page for each datum
#### Relevant Links
From the official D3 documentation:
* [data](https://github.com/d3/d3-selection/blob/master/README.md#selection_data)
* [enter](https://github.com/d3/d3-selection/blob/master/README.md#selection_enter)
##  Hint: 1
* After selecting the correct HTML nodes, use the `data` method with the `dataset` variable passed as an argument to make the D3 object aware of the data
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##  Hint: 2
* Use the `enter` method to ensure that your HTML document has enough elements of the type you specified in `selectAll` for each datum
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##  Hint: 3
* Now that the D3 object is aware of your data and has created enough elements for each datum, `append` the elements of the specified type and add the `text` required in the instructions
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## Spoiler Alert!
**Solution ahead!**
##  Basic Code Solution:
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# Code Explanation:
* `d3` targets the D3 object
* `select('body')` is used to `select` the 'body' element of the HTML document
* `selectAll('h2')` is used to `selectAll` of the 'h2' elements that are children to 'body'
* `data(dataset)` calls the D3 `data` method and uses the given dataset as an argument
* `enter()` uses the D3 `enter` method to check the current number of elements selected and create any missing ones according to the amount needed by the dataset
* `append('h2')` takes these newly created elements from `enter` and ensures they are created as 'h2' elements
* `text('New Title')` changes the text of every element selected to 'New Title'
* The dataset contains 9 datum, so the final solution should show 9 'h2' elements with the text 'New Title'
##  NOTES FOR CONTRIBUTIONS:
*  **DO NOT** add solutions that are similar to any existing solutions. If you think it is **_similar but better_**, then try to merge (or replace) the existing similar solution.
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