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Histogram
The pygmt.Figure.histogram
method can plot regular histograms.
Using the series
parameter allows to set the interval for the width of
each bar. The type of the histogram (frequency count or percentage) can be
selected via the histtype
parameter.
![histogram](../../_images/sphx_glr_histogram_001.png)
import numpy as np
import pygmt
# Generate random elevation data from a normal distribution
rng = np.random.default_rng(seed=100)
mean = 100 # mean of distribution
stddev = 25 # standard deviation of distribution
data = rng.normal(loc=mean, scale=stddev, size=521)
fig = pygmt.Figure()
fig.histogram(
data=data,
# Define the frame, add a title, and set the background color to
# "lightgray". Add labels to the x-axis and y-axis
frame=["WSne+tHistogram+glightgray", "x+lElevation (m)", "y+lCounts"],
# Generate evenly spaced bins by increments of 5
series=5,
# Use "red3" as color fill for the bars
fill="red3",
# Use the pen parameter to draw the outlines with a width of 1 point
pen="1p",
# Choose histogram type 0, i.e., counts [Default]
histtype=0,
)
fig.show()
Total running time of the script: (0 minutes 0.216 seconds)