text: import {tickStep} from "d3-array";
  import {format, formatPrefix, formatSpecifier, precisionFixed, precisionPrefix, precisionRound} from "d3-format";
  
  export default function(start, stop, count, specifier) {
    var step = tickStep(start, stop, count),
        precision;
    specifier = formatSpecifier(specifier == null ? ",f" : specifier);
    switch (specifier.type) {
      case "s": {
        var value = Math.max(Math.abs(start), Math.abs(stop));
        if (specifier.precision == null && !isNaN(precision = precisionPrefix(step, value))) specifier.precision = precision;
        return formatPrefix(specifier, value);
      }
      case "":
      case "e":
      case "g":
      case "p":
      case "r": {
        if (specifier.precision == null && !isNaN(precision = precisionRound(step, Math.max(Math.abs(start), Math.abs(stop))))) specifier.precision = precision - (specifier.type === "e");
        break;
      }
      case "f":
      case "%": {
        if (specifier.precision == null && !isNaN(precision = precisionFixed(step))) specifier.precision = precision - (specifier.type === "%") * 2;
        break;
      }
    }
    return format(specifier);
  }
  