How to zoom behaviour in line chart using d3.js?

@samara 

To implement the zoom behavior in a line chart using d3.js, you can follow these steps:

1. Include the d3-zoom library in your project. You can either download it manually or include it directly from a CDN. For example, you can include it from the D3.js CDN by adding the following script tag to your HTML file:

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<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/d3/7.0.0/d3.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/d3-zoom/2.0.0/d3-zoom.js"></script>

1. Create an SVG element that will contain your line chart. You can create it using the d3.select() method:

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const svg = d3.select("body")
  .append("svg")
  .attr("width", width)
  .attr("height", height);

1. Create a zoom behavior using the d3.zoom() function. Specify the scale extent to limit the zooming range and attach it to the SVG element:

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const zoom = d3.zoom()
  .scaleExtent([1, 10])
  .on("zoom", zoomed);

svg.call(zoom);

1. Implement the zoomed() function that will handle the zoom event. In this function, you should update the data range of your chart based on the zoom transformation.

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function zoomed() {
  const xScale = d3.event.transform.rescaleX(xOriginalScale);
  const yScale = d3.event.transform.rescaleY(yOriginalScale);

  // Update the x and y scales of your chart
  // ...

  // Redraw the lines/polyline using the updated scales
  // ...
}

In this example, xOriginalScale and yOriginalScale are the original scales used to create your line chart.

1. You also need to update the domain of your x and y scales based on the zoom transformation, whenever the data changes. For example, if you want the x-axis to update dynamically based on the zoom level and data, you can set the domain of your x scale like this:

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xScale.domain(d3.extent(data, d => d.x));

By following these steps, you should be able to implement the zoom behavior in your line chart using d3.js.