Re: Histogram omits data points
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- Subject: [mg118919] Re: Histogram omits data points
- From: Barrie Stokes <Barrie.Stokes at newcastle.edu.au>
- Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 03:33:27 -0400 (EDT)
Hi Yen Lee
Intrigued, I wrote the following Manipulate
Manipulate[
Histogram[{-3, -1, -1, -1, 1, 1, 1, 3}, {w},
PlotRange -> {All, All}], {w, 0.01, 0.5, 0.01} ]
Stepping w from 0.01 in the 0.01 increments shows that *only for 0.05* does this problem occur with your data. Hmmm.
Cheers
Barrie
>>> On 13/05/2011 at 8:25 pm, in message <201105131025.GAA27948 at smc.vnet.net>, Yen
Lee Loh <yenleeloh1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> With Mathematica version "8.0 for Linux x86 (64-bit) (February 23, 2011)",
> the following command gives only three bars at horizontal positions -3, -1,
> and 1; the bar at 3 is missing:
>
> Histogram[{-3, -1, -1, -1, 1, 1, 1, 3}, {0.05}, PlotRange -> All]
>
> The following still gives the same problem.
>
> Histogram[{-3, -1, -1, -1, 1, 1, 1, 3}, {0.05}, PlotRange -> {{-4, 4},
> All}]
>
> However, the following command, with a larger bin spacing, is ok:
>
> Histogram[{-3, -1, -1, -1, 1, 1, 1, 3}, {0.1}, PlotRange -> All]
>
> Just a warning for unwary users. -Yen Lee