Standalone Examples » Destroying the pie chart

This shows how to destroy and recreate the pie chart.

var pie = null;
function create() {
	pie = new d3pie("pie", {
		header: {
			title: {
				text: "A Very Simple Pie"
			}
		},
		data: {
			content: [
				{ label: "JavaScript", value: 264131 },
				{ label: "Ruby", value: 218812 },
				{ label: "Java", value: 157618}
			]
		}
	});
}

$(function() {
	create();

	// assign event handlers for the demo
	$("#destroyBtn").on("click", function(e) {
		if (pie !== null) {
			pie.destroy();
			pie = null;
		}
	});
	$("#recreateBtn").on("click", function(e) {
		create();
	});
});