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"""
Demo of the histogram (hist) function with a few features.
In addition to the basic histogram, this demo shows a few optional features:
* Setting the number of data bins
* The ``normed`` flag, which normalizes bin heights so that the integral of
the histogram is 1. The resulting histogram is a probability density.
* Setting the face color of the bars
* Setting the opacity (alpha value).
"""
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.mlab as mlab
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
# example data
mu = 100 # mean of distribution
sigma = 15 # standard deviation of distribution
x = mu + sigma * np.random.randn(10000)
num_bins = 50
# the histogram of the data
n, bins, patches = plt.hist(x, num_bins, normed=1)
# add a 'best fit' line
y = mlab.normpdf(bins, mu, sigma)
plt.plot(bins, y, '--')
plt.xlabel('Smarts')
plt.ylabel('Probability')
plt.title(r'Histogram of IQ: $\mu=100$, $\sigma=15$')
# Tweak spacing to prevent clipping of ylabel
plt.subplots_adjust(left=0.15)
plt.show()
Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see Search examples)