Api Reference @link https://github.com/mbostock/d3/wiki/Arrays
Back to table of contents// To See Output Requires google chrome or firefox (with firebug plugin) // debug variable in console through console.log // see link: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4743730/what-is-console-log-and-how-do-i-use-it var data = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]; // gets first element returns value : 10, additionally alters data array and removes first element 10. data.shift(); // let's reintialize the data array back to its original state. var data = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]; // returns an array that is sorted descending (output): [50, 40, 30, 20, 10] data.sort(d3.descending); // Returns the minimum value in the given array (output): 10 d3.min(data); // Returns the maximum value in the given array (output): 50 d3.max(data); // Returns the minimum and maximum value in the given array (output) : [10, 50] d3.extent(data); // Returns the sum of the given array. (output) : 150 d3.sum(data); // Returns the mean of the given array. (output) : 30 d3.mean(data); // Returns the median of the given array. (output) : 30 d3.median(data); // Randomizes the order of the specified array d3.shuffle(data);