Nick, Check out this demo on the MPL website: http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/api/histogram_demo.html
This line in particular: n, bins, patches = ax.hist(x, 50, normed=...) The variables 'n' and 'bins' can be fed into ax.bar() later on. I could swear that this was clear from the docstring, but that's definitely not the case anymore. I'll submit a patch to the list tomorrow if I can remember to work on it some tonight. Do see the docstring for an explanation of what can be done with the 'patches' variable. Hope this helps, -paul > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Schurch [mailto:n.schu...@dundee.ac.uk] > Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 6:56 AM > To: matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Matplotlib-users] hist question... > > Hi all, > > Is there anyway of re-ploting the distribution generated by hist at a > later point? I want to call it in a subroutine and have the resulting > distributions returned so I can plot them without having to > recalculate them each time. I couldn't find anything int he online > documentation but I figured it'd be something like: > > import matplotlib.pyplot as plt > hplot=plt.hist(data, bins=1000) > > plt.hist(hplot) > or > plt.hist(hplot[0],bins=hplot[1]) > or > plt.plot(hist) > > > etc, but nothing works. > > -- > Cheers, > > Nick Schurch > > Data Analysis Group (The Barton Group), > School of Life Sciences, > University of Dundee, > Dow St, > Dundee, > DD1 5EH, > Scotland, > UK > > Tel: +44 1382 388707 > Fax: +44 1382 345 893 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
