galpy.util.plot.hist

galpy.util.plot.hist(x, xlabel=None, ylabel=None, overplot=False, **kwargs)[source]

NAME:

hist

PURPOSE:

wrapper around matplotlib’s hist function

INPUT:

x - array to histogram

xlabel - (raw string!) x-axis label, LaTeX math mode, no $s needed

ylabel - (raw string!) y-axis label, LaTeX math mode, no $s needed

yrange - set the y-axis range

+all pyplot.hist keywords

OUTPUT:

(from the matplotlib docs: http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/api/pyplot_api.html#matplotlib.pyplot.hist)

The return value is a tuple (n, bins, patches) or ([n0, n1, …], bins, [patches0, patches1,…]) if the input contains multiple data

HISTORY:

2009-12-23 - Written - Bovy (NYU)