Re: [Matplotlib-users] histogram scaling

[Damon M. <dam...@gm...>]

On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 10:42:59AM -0400, Alan G Isaac wrote:
> This is essentially a query about why certain histogram types
> are not offered.  I can see two possible answers: haven't gotten
> to them, or, don't want to offer them (e.g., they're bad practice).
> 
> I will choose Stata as a point of comparison.
> http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?hist
> The types are density, fraction, frequency, and percent.
> Frequency corresponds of mpl's normed=False.
> Density corresponds of mpl's normed=True.
> Today I wanted the 'fraction' type, but mpl did not offer it.
> (Note that because of other elements of the graph, hacks like
> replacing the ticklabels won't work nicely.)
> 
> If there is not sentiment against offering these types,
> I suggest that the `normed` keyword accept strings,
> including "fraction" and "percent", and that `hist`
> be extended to produce these types.
> 
> Cheers,
> Alan Isaac
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+1. I think this adds more flexbility to the current histogram
implementation.

I wonder whether this would be worth a pull request?

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