D3.js scale returning wrong values from dataset

csv, d3.js, javascript

Solution

You are probably not converting your data from a `string` to a `number`. The following should give you the correct answer:

d3.min(dataset, function(d) { return +d.occur}); 
d3.max(dataset, function(d) { return +d.occur});

However, you probably want to convert the `occur` column of your data to numeric right after reading it:

d3.csv('myfile', function (err, dataset) {     
    dataset.forEach(function (d) { d.occur = +d.occur; });
    // ...
});

Problem

I'm having a problem with `scales` in d3.js. As I type the min and max into the Firefox console, I get the max value as the min and the second-max value as the max. What's the problem here? Here is my dataset in form of csv file: ``` word,occur obama,11 theguardian,9 world, 8 state, 8 care, 7 pakistan,7 block, 6 blog, 6 healthcare, 5 ``` here is what I type into the console and the values I get in return: ``` d3.min(dataset, function(d) { return d.occur}); => "11" d3.max(dataset, function(d) { return d.occur}); = "9" ``` the d3.max should return me 11 and d3.min should return me 5

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