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- # Copyright (C) 1994, 1995 John W. Eaton
- #
- # This file is part of Octave.
- #
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-
- function [nn, xx] = hist (y, x)
-
- # usage: [NN, XX] = hist (Y, X) or hist (Y, X)
- #
- # Produce histogram counts or plots.
- #
- # With one vector input argument, plot a histogram of the values with
- # 10 bins. The range of the histogram bins is determined by the range
- # of the data.
- #
- # Given a second scalar argument, use that as the number of bins.
- #
- # Given a second vector argument, use that as the centers of the bins,
- # with the width of the bins determened from the adjacent values in
- # the vector.
- #
- # Extreme values are lumped in the first and last bins.
- #
- # With two output arguments, produce the values NN and XX such that
- # bar (XX, NN) will plot the histogram.
- #
- # See also: bar
-
- if (nargin < 1 || nargin > 2)
- usage ("[nn, xx] = hist (y, x)");
- endif
-
- if (is_vector (y))
- max_val = max (y);
- min_val = min (y);
- else
- error ("hist: first argument must be a vector");
- endif
-
- if (nargin == 1)
- n = 10;
- delta = (max_val - min_val) / n / 2;
- x = linspace (min_val+delta, max_val-delta, n);
- cutoff = x + delta;
- elseif (nargin == 2)
- if (is_scalar (x))
- n = x;
- if (n <= 0)
- error ("hist: number of bins must be positive");
- endif
- delta = (max_val - min_val) / n / 2;
- x = linspace (min_val+delta, max_val-delta, n);
- cutoff = x + delta;
- elseif (is_vector (x))
- tmp = sort (x);
- if (any (tmp != x))
- warning ("hist: bin values not sorted on input");
- x = tmp;
- endif
- n = length (x);
- cutoff = zeros (1, n-1);
- for i = 1:n-1
- cutoff (i) = (x (i) + x (i+1)) / 2;
- endfor
- else
- error ("hist: second argument must be a scalar or a vector");
- endif
- endif
-
- freq = zeros (1, n);
- freq (1) = sum (y < cutoff (1));
- for i = 2:n-1
- freq (i) = sum (y >= cutoff (i-1) & y < cutoff (i));
- endfor
- freq (n) = sum (y >= cutoff (n-1));
-
- if (nargout == 2)
- nn = freq;
- xx = x;
- else
- bar (x, freq);
- endif
-
- endfunction
-