javascript - Importing a .data file into D3js? -

so i've been given task of importing data visualize. specific:

http://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/machine-learning-databases/auto-mpg/auto-mpg.data

however, have not clue on how import .data file. furthermore, there no header line in order organise file.

i have tried import text , use csv.parserows() led arrays length of 1 containing 1 long string:

i have tried import d3.tsv(). every technique ends importing row 1 long string below.

    "18.0   8   307.0      130.0      3504.      12.0   70  1   "chevrolet chevelle malibu"" 

i have never dealt .data files , resources on using them d3 scarce. on dealing appreciated always. people awesome.

thanks.

you use regular expression parse string:

/("[^"]+"|[^\s]+)\s*/g 

with regular expression, turn

18.0   8   307.0      130.0      3504.      12.0   70  1    "chevrolet chevelle malibu" 

into

[   "18.0",   "8",   "307.0",   "130.0",   "3504.",   "12.0",   "70",   "1",   "\"chevrolet chevelle malibu\"" ] 

you can every line splitting contents of data file each newline, , mapping each line regular expression:

d3.text("http://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/machine-learning-databases/auto-mpg/auto-mpg.data", function(data) {     var lines = data.split('\n');     var results = data.map(function (d) {       var match = d.match(regex);       return match.slice(1).map(function (d) { return d.trim(); });     }); }); 

here quick fiddle showing applied on 1 row: http://jsfiddle.net/tftdepl4/1/