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)