index.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style type="text/css">
table {
font-family: "Helvetica", "Lucida Sans", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Luxi Sans", Tahoma, sans-serif;
box-shadow: 1px 1px 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
border-collapse: collapse;
border-spacing: 0;
}
table {
margin: auto;
}
table, td, th {
padding: 7px;
text-align: center;
border: 1px solid rgb(8,48,107);
}
th {
background-color: rgb(8,81,156);
color: white;
}
</style>
<body>
<script src="http://d3js.org/d3.v3.js"></script>
<script>
jdata = [
{
"name":"bob",
"salary":13000,
"friends":[
{
"name": "sarah",
"salary":10000
},
{
"name": "bill",
"salary":5000
}
]
},
{
"name":"marge",
"salary":10000,
"friends":[
{
"name": "rhonda",
"salary":10000
},
{
"name": "mike",
"salary":5000,
"hobbies":[
{
"name":"surfing",
"frequency":10
},
{
"name":"surfing",
"frequency":15
}
]
}
]
},
{
"name":"joe",
"salary":10000,
"friends":[
{
"name": "harry",
"salary":10000
},
{
"name": "sally",
"salary":5000
}
]
}
];
d3.select("body").selectAll("table")
.data([jdata])
.enter().append("table")
.call(recurse);
function recurse(sel) {
// sel is a d3.selection of one or more empty tables
sel.each(function(d) {
// d is an array of objects
var colnames,
tds,
table = d3.select(this);
// obtain column names by gathering unique key names in all 1st level objects
// following method emulates a set by using the keys of a d3.map()
colnames = d // array of objects
.reduce(function(p,c) { return p.concat(d3.keys(c)); }, []) // array with all keynames
.reduce(function(p,c) { return (p.set(c,0), p); }, d3.map()) // map with unique keynames as keys
.keys(); // array with unique keynames (arb. order)
// colnames array is in arbitrary order
// sort colnames here if required
// create header row using standard 1D data join and enter()
table.append("thead").append("tr").selectAll("th")
.data(colnames)
.enter().append("th")
.text(function(d) { return d; });
// create the table cells by using nested 2D data join and enter()
// see also http://bost.ocks.org/mike/nest/
tds = table.append("tbody").selectAll("tr")
.data(d) // each row gets one object
.enter().append("tr").selectAll("td")
.data(function(d) { // each cell gets one value
return colnames.map(function(k) { // for each colname (i.e. key) find the corresponding value
return d[k] || ""; // use empty string if key doesn't exist for that object
});
})
.enter().append("td");
// cell contents depends on the data bound to the cell
// fill with text if data is not an Array
tds.filter(function(d) { return !(d instanceof Array); })
.text(function(d) { return d; });
// fill with a new table if data is an Array
tds.filter(function(d) { return (d instanceof Array); })
.append("table")
.call(recurse);
});
}
</script>
