Reposting as it seems to have fallen through the cracks... sorry in advance if it was not the case, Johann
hello, when histogramming a distribution in log scale, I have some empty bins, which drives the y axis to 1e-100 as a lower limit, completely squashing the histogram.... Bug or feature? Johann PS To be specific : In [22]: entries, bins, patches = pl.hist(np.array(list1),bins=50,normed=1,log=True) In [23]: entries Out[23]: array([ 1.18347753e+00, 4.10926113e-01, 2.53989507e-01, 1.84039145e-01, 1.27510992e-01, 9.21486321e-02, 7.45965117e-02, 5.08495253e-02, 4.23315845e-02, 3.43298825e-02, 2.78768971e-02, 1.83264787e-02, 1.62615233e-02, 1.23897320e-02, 1.26478515e-02, 7.74358253e-03, 4.38803010e-03, 5.93674661e-03, 3.61367185e-03, 4.38803010e-03, 2.58119418e-03, 1.29059709e-03, 7.74358253e-04, 1.03247767e-03, 1.54871651e-03, 2.32307476e-03, 5.16238835e-04, 2.58119418e-04, 1.03247767e-03, 2.58119418e-04, 5.16238835e-04, 0.00000000e+00, 2.58119418e-04, 0.00000000e+00, 0.00000000e+00, 0.00000000e+00, 2.58119418e-04, 2.58119418e-04, 2.58119418e-04, 0.00000000e+00, 0.00000000e+00, 0.00000000e+00, 0.00000000e+00, 0.00000000e+00, 0.00000000e+00, 0.00000000e+00, 0.00000000e+00, 0.00000000e+00, 0.00000000e+00, 2.58119418e-04]) In [24]: bins Out[24]: array([ 3.36150086e-09, 3.87417583e-01, 7.74835162e-01, 1.16225274e+00, 1.54967032e+00, 1.93708790e+00, 2.32450548e+00, 2.71192306e+00, 3.09934064e+00, 3.48675822e+00, 3.87417580e+00, 4.26159338e+00, 4.64901096e+00, 5.03642854e+00, 5.42384612e+00, 5.81126370e+00, 6.19868128e+00, 6.58609885e+00, 6.97351643e+00, 7.36093401e+00, 7.74835159e+00, 8.13576917e+00, 8.52318675e+00, 8.91060433e+00, 9.29802191e+00, 9.68543949e+00, 1.00728571e+01, 1.04602746e+01, 1.08476922e+01, 1.12351098e+01, 1.16225274e+01, 1.20099450e+01, 1.23973625e+01, 1.27847801e+01, 1.31721977e+01, 1.35596153e+01, 1.39470329e+01, 1.43344504e+01, 1.47218680e+01, 1.51092856e+01, 1.54967032e+01, 1.58841208e+01, 1.62715383e+01, 1.66589559e+01, 1.70463735e+01, 1.74337911e+01, 1.78212087e+01, 1.82086262e+01, 1.85960438e+01, 1.89834614e+01, 1.93708790e+01]) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users