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DrawPointDistribution

Function DrawPointDistribution - histogram of point distribution

Calling Sequence  DrawPointDistribution(data,Bars)
Parameters
NameTypeDescription

data array(numeric)data values, not necessarily ordered
Bars posint(optional) number of ranges, histogram bars

anything(optional) see ?PlotArguments
Return Type  NULL
Synopsis DrawPointDistribution produces a plot of a histogram of the distribution of the given data points. The data values are sorted and classified in a number of equally spaced ranges. For each range a histogram (vertical bar) with the number of points in that range is drawn. This produces a discrete approximation of the density distribution of the points in data. The data values do not need to be in order. The number of vertical bars is automatically computed or it can be set with an optional second argument. The results of DrawPointDistribution are placed in a file, following the same conventions as DrawPlot. The plot can be seen with ViewPlot().
Examples
> DrawPointDistribution( [seq(Rand(Normal),i=1..500)] );  ViewPlot();

See also BrightenColor,   ColorPalette,   DrawDistribution,   DrawDotplot,   DrawGraph,   DrawHistogram,   DrawPlot,   DrawStackedBar,   DrawTree,   GetColorMap,   Plot2Gif,   PlotArguments,   Set,   SmoothData,   StartOverlayPlot,   StopOverlayPlot,   ViewPlot