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docs/.vitepress/config.ts

@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
           {text: "Contour", link: "/marks/contour"},
           {text: "Delaunay", link: "/marks/delaunay"},
           {text: "Density", link: "/marks/density"},
+          {text: "Difference", link: "/marks/difference"},
           {text: "Dot", link: "/marks/dot"},
           {text: "Frame", link: "/marks/frame"},
           {text: "Geo", link: "/marks/geo"},

docs/marks/difference.md

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+<script setup>
+
+import * as Plot from "@observablehq/plot";
+import * as d3 from "d3";
+import {ref, shallowRef, onMounted} from "vue";
+
+const shift = ref(0);
+const aapl = shallowRef([]);
+const goog = shallowRef([]);
+
+onMounted(() => {
+  d3.csv("../data/aapl.csv", d3.autoType).then((data) => (aapl.value = data));
+  d3.csv("../data/goog.csv", d3.autoType).then((data) => (goog.value = data));
+});
+
+const offset = (date) => d3.utcDay.offset(date, shift.value);
+
+</script>
+
+# Difference mark
+
+The **difference mark** compares a primary metric to a secondary metric.
+
+:::plot
+```js
+Plot.plot({
+  y: {grid: true},
+  marks: [
+    Plot.ruleY([1]),
+    Plot.differenceY(aapl, Plot.normalizeY({
+      x: "Date",
+      y1: "Close",
+      y2: Plot.valueof(goog, "Close"),
+      tip: true
+    }))
+  ]
+})
+```
+:::
+
+:::plot
+```js
+Plot.plot({
+  y: {grid: true},
+  marks: [
+    Plot.differenceY(aapl, {
+      x1: "Date",
+      x2: (d) => d3.utcYear.offset(d.Date),
+      y: "Close",
+      tip: true
+    })
+  ]
+})
+```
+:::
+
+<p>
+  <label class="label-input" style="display: flex;">
+    <span style="display: inline-block; width: 7em;">Shift:</span>
+    <input type="range" v-model.number="shift" min="0" max="1000" step="1">
+    <span style="font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;">{{shift}}</span>
+  </label>
+</p>
+
+:::plot
+```js
+Plot.plot({
+  x: {label: "Date"},
+  y: {grid: true},
+  marks: [
+    Plot.differenceY(aapl, {
+      x1: (d, i, data) => d.Date < offset(data[0].Date) ? null : d.Date,
+      x2: (d, i, data) => data.at(-1).Date < offset(d.Date) ? null : offset(d.Date),
+      y: "Close"
+    })
+  ]
+})
+```
+:::
+
+:::plot
+```js
+Plot.plot({
+  x: {label: "Date"},
+  y: {grid: true},
+  marks: [
+    Plot.differenceY(aapl, {
+      x: (d, i) => i < shift ? null : d.Date,
+      y1: "Close",
+      y2: (d, i) => aapl[i - shift]?.Close,
+      tip: true
+    })
+  ]
+})
+```
+:::

src/marks/difference.js

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export function differenceY(
         y2,
         fill: positiveColor,
         fillOpacity: positiveOpacity,
-        render: composeRender(render, renderDifference(true)),
+        render: composeRender(render, clipDifference(true)),
         ...options
       }),
       {ariaLabel: "positive difference"}
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export function differenceY(
         y2,
         fill: negativeColor,
         fillOpacity: negativeOpacity,
-        render: composeRender(render, renderDifference(false)),
+        render: composeRender(render, clipDifference(false)),
         ...options
       }),
       {ariaLabel: "negative difference"}
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ function memo(v) {
   return {transform: (data) => V || (V = valueof(data, value)), label};
 }
 
-function renderDifference(positive) {
+function clipDifference(positive) {
   return (index, scales, channels, dimensions, context, next) => {
     const clip = getClipId();
     const clipPath = create("svg:clipPath", context).attr("id", clip).node();

test/plots/difference.ts

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export async function differenceY() {
   const x = aapl.map((d) => d.Date);
   const y1 = aapl.map((d, i, data) => d.Close / data[0].Close);
   const y2 = goog.map((d, i, data) => d.Close / data[0].Close);
-  return Plot.differenceY(aapl, {x: {value: x, label: "Date"}, y1: {value: y1, label: "Close"}, y2, tip: true}).plot();
+  return Plot.differenceY(aapl, {x, y1: {value: y1, label: "Close"}, y2, tip: true}).plot();
 }
 
 export async function differenceYRandom() {
@@ -48,21 +48,23 @@ export async function differenceYVariable() {
 // before and the year after the dataset, x1 and x2 are padded with NaN.
 export async function differenceY1() {
   const aapl = await d3.csv<any>("data/aapl.csv", d3.autoType);
-  const interval = d3.utcYear;
-  const start = interval.offset(aapl[0].Date, 1);
-  const end = interval.offset(aapl[aapl.length - 1].Date, -1);
-  const x1 = aapl.map((d) => (d.Date < start ? NaN : d.Date));
-  const x2 = aapl.map((d) => (d.Date > end ? NaN : interval.offset(d.Date, 1)));
-  const y = aapl.map((d) => d.Close);
-  return Plot.differenceY(aapl, {
-    x1,
-    x2,
-    y,
-    positiveOpacity: 0.2,
-    positiveColor: "currentColor",
-    negativeOpacity: 0.8,
-    negativeColor: "red"
-  }).plot();
+  return Plot.differenceY(aapl, shiftX(d3.utcYear, {x: "Date", y: "Close"})).plot({y: {grid: true}});
+}
+
+function shiftX(interval, options) {
+  return Plot.map(
+    {
+      x1(D) {
+        const min = interval.offset(d3.min(D), 1);
+        return D.map((d) => (d < min ? null : d));
+      },
+      x2(D) {
+        const max = interval.offset(d3.max(D), -1);
+        return D.map((d) => (max < d ? null : interval.offset(d, 1)));
+      }
+    },
+    options
+  );
 }
 
 export async function differenceFilterX() {