ignored. The first element of the range must be less than or equal to the second. `range` affects the automatic bin computation as well. While bin width is computed to be optimal based on the actual data within `range`, the bin count will fill the entire range including portions containing no data. weights : array_like, optional An array of weights, of the same shape as `a`. Each value in `a` only contributes its associated weight towards the bin count (instead of 1). If `density` is True, the weights are normalized, so that the integral of the density over the range remains 1. density : bool, optional If ``False``, the result will contain the number of samples in each bin. If ``True``, the result is the value of the probability *density* function at the bin, normalized such that the *integral* over the range is 1. Note that the sum of the histogram values will not be equal to 1 unless bins of unity width are chosen; it is not a probability *mass* function. Returns ------- hist : array The values of the histogram. See `density` and `weights` for a description of the possible semantics. bin_edges : array of dtype float Return the bin edges ``(length(hist)+1)``. See Also -------- histogramdd, bincount, searchsorted, digitize, histogram_bin_edges Notes ----- All but the last (righthand-most) bin is half-open. In other words, if `bins` is:: [1, 2, 3, 4] then the first bin is ``[1, 2)`` (including 1, but excluding 2) and the second ``[2, 3)``. The last bin, however, is ``[3, 4]``, which *includes* 4. Examples -------- >>> np.histogram([1, 2, 1], bins=[0, 1, 2, 3]) (array([0, 2, 1]), array([0, 1, 2, 3])) >>> np.histogram(np.arange(4), bins=np.arange(5), density=True) (array([0.25, 0.25, 0.25, 0.25]), array([0, 1, 2, 3, 4])) >>> np.histogram([[1, 2, 1], [1, 0, 1]], bins=[0,1,2,3]) (array([1, 4, 1]), array([0, 1, 2, 3])) >>> a = np.arange(5) >>> hist, bin_edges = np.histogram(a, density=True) >>> hist array([0.5, 0. , 0.5, 0. , 0. , 0.5, 0. , 0.5, 0. , 0.5]) >>> hist.sum() 2.4999999999999996 >>> np.sum(hist * np.diff(bin_edges)) 1.0 .. versionadded:: 1.11.0 Automated Bin Selection Methods example, using 2 peak random data with 2000 points: >>> import matplotlib.pyplot as plt >>> rng = np.random.RandomState(10) # deterministic random data >>> a = np.hstack((rng.normal(size=1000), ... rng.normal(loc=5, scale=2, size=1000))) >>> _ = plt.hist(a, bins='auto') # arguments are passed to np.histogram >>> plt.title("Histogram with 'auto' bins") Text(0.5, 1.0, "Histogram with 'auto' bins") >>> plt.show() Ni