... function draw(drawData) { var join = svg.selectAll("circle") .data(drawData, function(x){return x.name}) join.enter() .append("circle") .style("fill", function(x){return x.colour}) join .attr("r", 10) .attr("cx", function(x){return xScale(x.weight)}) .attr("cy", function(x){return yScale(x.height)}) join.exit() .remove() } ...