D3.js selection.enter() Function

Last Updated : 17 Aug, 2020

The d3.selection.enter() function in D3.js is used to create the missing elements and return the enter selection.

Syntax:

selection.enter();

Parameters: This function does not accept any parameter.

Return Values: This function returns the enter selection.

Below examples illustrate the D3.js selection.enter() function in JavaScript:

Example1:

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html lang="en"> 
    <head> 
        <meta charset="UTF-8" /> 
        <meta
            name="viewport"
            path1tent="width=device-width,  
                       initial-scale=1.0"/> 
        <title>D3.js selection.enter() Function</title> 
    </head> 
    <style> 
        div { 
            background-color: green; 
            color: #ffffff; 
            width: 50px; 
            margin-bottom: 5px; 
            padding: 20px; 
            height: 10px; 
        } 
    </style> 
    <body> 
        <!-- Please note that no div tags are added here -->
        <script src= 
"https://d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js"> 
        </script> 
        <script src= 
"https://d3js.org/d3-selection.v1.min.js"> 
        </script> 
        <script> 
            var div = d3 
                .select("body") 
                .selectAll("div") 
                .data(["geeks", "for", "geeks"]) 
                .enter() 
                .append("div") 
                .text((d) => { 
                    return d; 
                }); 
        </script> 
    </body> 
</html> 

Output:

Example 2:

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html lang="en"> 
    <head> 
        <meta charset="UTF-8" /> 
        <meta
            name="viewport"
            path1tent="width=device-width,  
                       initial-scale=1.0"/> 
        <title>D3.js selection.enter() Function</title> 
    </head> 
    <style> 
        div { 
            background-color: green; 
            color: #ffffff; 
            width: 50px; 
            margin-bottom: 5px; 
            padding: 20px; 
            height: 10px; 
        } 
    </style> 
    <body> 
        <!-- Please note that no div tags are added here -->
        <script src= 
"https://d3js.org/d3.v4.min.js"> 
        </script> 
        <script src= 
"https://d3js.org/d3-selection.v1.min.js"> 
        </script> 
        <script> 
            var h2 = d3 
                .select("body") 
                .selectAll("h2") 
                .data(["I am from heading level 2"]) 
                .enter() 
                .append("h2") 
                .text((d) => { 
                    return d; 
                }); 
            var span = d3 
                .select("body") 
                .selectAll("span") 
                .data("I am from span") 
                .enter() 
                .append("span") 
                .text((d) => { 
                    return d; 
                }); 
            var p = d3 
                .select("body") 
                .selectAll("p") 
                .data(["paragraph", "paragraph"]) 
                .enter() 
                .append("p") 
                .text((d) => { 
                    return d; 
                }); 
        </script> 
    </body> 
</html>