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Re: Fit a Gaussian to a Histogram Plot [message #67229]

Tue, 21 July 2009 00:07

Maarten[1]
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On Jul 20, 2:27 pm, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
> Maarten writes:
>> I have another one for you: how can I use histoplot to plot a
>> histogram?
>
>> Confused? Let me explain: If I use the histogram function to create a
>> histogram of data from many files (say a seasonal average of a
>> quantity measured from a satellite), and then would like to use
>> histoplot to show the result, then I'm currently out of luck, right?
>
> Currently, yes. But who knows. I can see this being
> useful in my own work. In fact, I've already solved this
> problem in my own work (using Histplot as the example),
> but just not in a way that would be useful to
> everyone.
>
> It's a busy week, what with work, a big tennis tournament
> that has me playing nearly every evening, my wife gone to
> take care of her brother, etc. But, I'll see if I can come
> up with something. :-)

No worries. I've hacked your code far enough to be usable for this to
me, but it is far from robust or elegant. I guess our solutions are
similar, and assume well behaved users. We all know that those are few
and far between.

Enjoy the tennis,

Maarten

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