.. _statistics-histogram_demo_histtypes: statistics example code: histogram_demo_histtypes.py ==================================================== .. plot:: /home/tcaswell/other_source/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/statistics/histogram_demo_histtypes.py :: """ Demo of the histogram (hist) function with different ``histtype`` settings. * Histogram with step curve that has a color fill. * Histogram with with unequal bin widths. """ import numpy as np import matplotlib.pyplot as plt mu = 200 sigma = 25 x = mu + sigma*np.random.randn(10000) fig, (ax0, ax1) = plt.subplots(ncols=2, figsize=(8, 4)) ax0.hist(x, 20, normed=1, histtype='stepfilled', facecolor='g', alpha=0.75) ax0.set_title('stepfilled') # Create a histogram by providing the bin edges (unequally spaced). bins = [100, 150, 180, 195, 205, 220, 250, 300] ax1.hist(x, bins, normed=1, histtype='bar', rwidth=0.8) ax1.set_title('unequal bins') plt.tight_layout() plt.show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)