[Matplotlib-users] histogram scaling

2012-07-12 Thread Alan G Isaac
This is essentially a query about why certain histogram types are not offered. I can see two possible answers: haven't gotten to them, or, don't want to offer them (e.g., they're bad practice). I will choose Stata as a point of comparison. http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?hist The types are

Re: [Matplotlib-users] histogram scaling

2012-07-12 Thread Damon McDougall
On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 10:42:59AM -0400, Alan G Isaac wrote: This is essentially a query about why certain histogram types are not offered. I can see two possible answers: haven't gotten to them, or, don't want to offer them (e.g., they're bad practice). I will choose Stata as a point of

Re: [Matplotlib-users] histogram scaling

2012-07-12 Thread Daπid
I don't know if there is any reason for not having it, but as a workaround, you could use np.hist to get the data (syntax is the same as mpl.hist and returns the same numbers, but without drawing) and then renormalise and plot with mpl.bars. On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Alan G Isaac

Re: [Matplotlib-users] histogram scaling

2012-07-12 Thread Eric Firing
On 2012/07/12 7:20 AM, Damon McDougall wrote: On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 10:42:59AM -0400, Alan G Isaac wrote: This is essentially a query about why certain histogram types are not offered. I can see two possible answers: haven't gotten to them, or, don't want to offer them (e.g., they're bad

Re: [Matplotlib-users] histogram scaling

2012-07-12 Thread Benjamin Root
On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Daπid davidmen...@gmail.com wrote: I don't know if there is any reason for not having it, but as a workaround, you could use np.hist to get the data (syntax is the same as mpl.hist and returns the same numbers, but without drawing) and then renormalise and