Limitting x and y axis ticks in bar graph with d3.js - d3.js

Question

I am developing bar graph using d3.js integrating with angular js.I am new to d3.js. I dont know how we can limt the the no.of x and y axis ticks.
The working is given below
mainApp.directive('ngTest', function() {
return {
restrict: 'AE',
scope: {
data: '='
},
link: function (scope, element) {
var margin = {top: 20, right: 30, bottom: 30, left: 60},
width = 410 - margin.left - margin.right,
height = 230 - margin.top - margin.bottom;
var chart = d3.select(element[0])
.append("svg")
.attr("width", width + margin.left + margin.right)
.attr("height", height + margin.top + margin.bottom)
.append("g")
.attr("transform", "translate(" + margin.left + "," + margin.top + ")");
var x = d3.scale.ordinal().rangeRoundBands([0, width], .1);
var tip = d3.tip()
.attr('class', 'd3-tip')
.offset([-10, 0])
.html(function(d) {
return "<strong>Frequency:</strong> <span style='color:red'>" + d.value + "</span>";
});
chart.call(tip);
//Render graph based on 'data'
scope.render = function(data) {
var y = d3.scale.linear()
.range([height, 0])
.domain(d3.extent(data, function(d) { return d.value; }))
.nice();
var xAxis = d3.svg.axis().scale(x).orient("bottom");
var yAxis = d3.svg.axis().scale(y).orient("left");
x.domain(data.map(function(d) { return d.name; }));
//Redraw the axes
chart.selectAll('g.axis').remove();
chart.append("g")
.attr("class", "x axis")
.attr("transform", "translate(0," + (height) + ")")
.call(xAxis)
.selectAll("text")
.style("text-anchor", "end")
.attr("dx", "-.8em")
.attr("dy", ".15em")
.attr("transform", function(d) {
return "rotate(-20)";
});
chart.append("g")
.attr("class", "y axis")
.call(yAxis)
.append("text")
.attr("transform", "rotate(-90)")
.attr("y", 0-margin.left)
.attr("x",0-(height / 2))
.attr("dy", "1em")
.style("text-anchor", "middle")
.text("Value");
chart.selectAll(".bar")
.data(data)
.enter().append("rect")
.attr("class", function(d) { return d.value < 0 ? "bar negative" : "bar positive"; })
.attr("x", function(d) { return x(d.name); })
.attr("y", height)
.attr("height", 0)
.on('mouseover', tip.show)
.on('mouseout', tip.hide)
.transition().duration(2000)
.attr("y", function(d) {return y(Math.max(0, d.value)); })
.attr("height", function(d) {return Math.abs(y(d.value) - y(0)); })
// .attr("width", x.rangeBand());
.attr("width", Math.min.apply(null, [x.rangeBand()-2, 100]));
};
scope.$watch('data', function() {
scope.render(scope.data);
}, true);
}
};
});
The working example is given in following fiddle adderss
http://jsfiddle.net/HB7LU/9000/

Answer 1

Use ticks method of d3 axis. Since tick format of x axis is time, you might specify both a count and a tick format.
var xAxis = d3.svg.axis().scale(x).orient("bottom").ticks(d3.time.day, 2);
var yAxis = d3.svg.axis().scale(y).orient("left").ticks(5);
You can refer more about d3 svg axis from here and about time formats from here