.. _sphx_glr_gallery_frontpage_histogram.py:


===========================
Frontpage histogram example
===========================

This example reproduces the frontpage histogram example.




.. image:: /gallery/frontpage/images/sphx_glr_histogram_001.png
    :align: center





.. code-block:: python


    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import numpy as np


    random_state = np.random.RandomState(19680801)
    X = random_state.randn(10000)

    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
    ax.hist(X, bins=25, density=True)
    x = np.linspace(-5, 5, 1000)
    ax.plot(x, 1 / np.sqrt(2*np.pi) * np.exp(-(x**2)/2), linewidth=4)
    ax.set_xticks([])
    ax.set_yticks([])
    fig.savefig("histogram_frontpage.png", dpi=25)  # results in 160x120 px image



.. only :: html

 .. container:: sphx-glr-footer


  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Python source code: histogram.py <histogram.py>`



  .. container:: sphx-glr-download

     :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: histogram.ipynb <histogram.ipynb>`


.. only:: html

 .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature

    `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery <https://sphinx-gallery.readthedocs.io>`_