diff --git a/examples/statistics/histogram_histtypes.py b/examples/statistics/histogram_histtypes.py index 9ea875617f2e..2ec4fc9e1836 100644 --- a/examples/statistics/histogram_histtypes.py +++ b/examples/statistics/histogram_histtypes.py @@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ ================================================================ * Histogram with step curve that has a color fill. +* Histogram with step curve with no fill. * Histogram with custom and unequal bin widths. +* Two histograms with stacked bars. Selecting different bin counts and sizes can significantly affect the shape of a histogram. The Astropy docs have a great section on how to @@ -17,19 +19,32 @@ np.random.seed(19680801) -mu = 200 -sigma = 25 -x = np.random.normal(mu, sigma, size=100) +mu_x = 200 +sigma_x = 25 +x = np.random.normal(mu_x, sigma_x, size=100) -fig, (ax0, ax1) = plt.subplots(ncols=2, figsize=(8, 4)) +mu_w = 200 +sigma_w = 10 +w = np.random.normal(mu_w, sigma_w, size=100) -ax0.hist(x, 20, density=True, histtype='stepfilled', facecolor='g', alpha=0.75) -ax0.set_title('stepfilled') +fig, axs = plt.subplots(nrows=2, ncols=2) + +axs[0, 0].hist(x, 20, density=True, histtype='stepfilled', facecolor='g', + alpha=0.75) +axs[0, 0].set_title('stepfilled') + +axs[0, 1].hist(x, 20, density=True, histtype='step', facecolor='g', + alpha=0.75) +axs[0, 1].set_title('step') + +axs[1, 0].hist(x, density=True, histtype='barstacked', rwidth=0.8) +axs[1, 0].hist(w, density=True, histtype='barstacked', rwidth=0.8) +axs[1, 0].set_title('barstacked') # Create a histogram by providing the bin edges (unequally spaced). bins = [100, 150, 180, 195, 205, 220, 250, 300] -ax1.hist(x, bins, density=True, histtype='bar', rwidth=0.8) -ax1.set_title('unequal bins') +axs[1, 1].hist(x, bins, density=True, histtype='bar', rwidth=0.8) +axs[1, 1].set_title('bar, unequal bins') fig.tight_layout() plt.show()