From 0d2c1b528494eaab96b0373a66f7b0fb97968aab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Huntington <matt.huntington@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 14:50:28 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] data binding other than index

---
 D3.md | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/D3.md b/D3.md
index a5ac1b1..9b68978 100644
--- a/D3.md
+++ b/D3.md
@@ -111,6 +111,15 @@ d3.selectAll('circle')//make a "ghost call" to all circles, even if there are no
 	.remove(); //removes those elements
 ```
 
+To bind data to elements by something other than index:
+
+```javascript
+.data(data, function(d){
+		//match data based on d.id, not index
+		return d.id
+});
+```
+
 ## Linear Scale
 
 A scale will map a data value to a visual value.