Re: Histogram
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- Subject: [mg103619] Re: Histogram
- From: "Sjoerd C. de Vries" <sjoerd.c.devries at gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:01:50 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <h9srte$pcv$1@smc.vnet.net>
This happens when you load the pre v7 package Histograms. I assume
that you somewhere in your session executed << "Histograms`" which
shadows the newer Histogram command.
Cheers -- Sjoerd
On Sep 29, 1:43 pm, Claus <clausena... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I haven't used the Histogram in v.7 until today.
> It seems like in my setup both the function is not recognized (whenever
> I write "Histogram" it turns red) as well as options introduced in v.7
> turn red ("ChartElements" for example).
>
> Two more associated problems:
> - novel features don't work:
>
> data1 = RandomReal[NormalDistribution[0, 1], 50];
> data2 = RandomReal[NormalDistribution[3, 1/2], 50];
> Histogram[{data1, data2}]
>
> returns the following arrays, but no chart
>
> Histogram[{{0.781332, 1.57135, 0.114981, 1.36426, 0.755184, -0.798411,
> 0.194936, 0.459886,
> 0.661552, -0.638467, -0.396901, -1.31856, -1.86126,
> 0.465915, -1.4262, 0.542278, 0.116775, 0.316415,
> 1.39056, -0.935339, -0.77062, 0.494654, -0.877181,
> 0.650337, -0.0759794, 1.31853, -0.780237, -0.664432, -0.426995,
> 0.251381, 0.384724, -1.10738, 0.501823, -0.545042, 0.441527,
> 0.215406, -1.94724, 0.0407041, -1.12476, 0.835061,
> 1.32245, -0.0251475, -1.23501, -0.735629, -0.464289, -1.87202,
> 0.888276, -0.809419, -1.02323, 0.0754422}, {2.79588, 2.89005,
> 3.1231, 3.48026, 2.66732, 2.43219, 4.03511, 3.26485, 3.26647,
> 3.63344, 2.09219, 2.81154, 2.97971, 3.65996, 2.57309, 2.63087,
> 2.73979, 2.85751, 2.27319, 3.04773, 2.25371, 2.91204, 1.91868,
> 3.14677, 2.85839, 2.57733, 2.33141, 2.6784, 3.47593, 2.1515,
> 3.61974, 2.57847, 2.88639, 2.23031, 2.91136, 3.39069, 2.08531,
> 2.66072, 2.60716, 2.65038, 3.20426, 2.03296, 3.21672, 3.08131,
> 3.56257, 2.9708, 2.752, 3.55902, 2.67738, 3.73891}}]
>
> - the options of Histogram seem not to be identical with what is
> described in the help of v.7
> In[420]:= Options[Histogram]
>
> Out[420]= {ApproximateIntervals -> Automatic, BarEdges -> True,
> BarEdgeStyle -> GrayLevel[0], BarOrientation -> Vertical,
> BarStyle -> Automatic, FrequencyData -> False,
> HistogramCategories -> Automatic, HistogramRange -> Automatic,
> HistogramScale -> Automatic, AlignmentPoint -> Center,
> AspectRatio -> 1/GoldenRatio, Axes -> True, AxesLabel -> None,
> AxesOrigin -> Automatic, AxesStyle -> {}, Background -> None,
> BaselinePosition -> Automatic, BaseStyle -> {},
> ColorOutput -> Automatic, ContentSelectable -> Automatic,
> CoordinatesToolOptions -> Automatic, Epilog -> {}, Frame -> False,
> FrameLabel -> None, FrameStyle -> {}, FrameTicks -> Automatic,
> FrameTicksStyle -> {}, GridLines -> None, GridLinesStyle -> {},
> ImageMargins -> 0., ImagePadding -> All, ImageSize -> Automatic,
> ImageSizeRaw -> Automatic, LabelStyle -> {}, Method -> Automatic,
> PlotLabel -> None, PlotRange -> All, PlotRangeClipping -> True,
> PlotRangePadding -> Automatic, PlotRegion -> Automatic,
> PreserveImageOptions -> Automatic, Prolog -> {}, RotateLabel -> True,
> Ticks -> Automatic, TicksStyle -> {},
> DisplayFunction :> $DisplayFunction, FormatType :> TraditionalForm}
>
> Is it true that I think this is before v.7 or does this all seem ok to yo=
u?
> Could there somewhere be old "definitions" of functions in my system???
> I was going through $UserBaseDirectory, but couldn't find anything that
> seems to be related to Histogram...
>
> What am I doing wrong?
> Do I need to add a package?
> I thought this is not necessary anymore in v.7...
> I am running v.7.0.0 (should I update??) on OSX 10.5.8
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Cheers,
> Claus