Python - Matplotlib Multi histograms

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I would like to plot several histograms but sometimes bins are larger than others. I cant explain why i obtain that...you can see a plot below, red bins have a great width than others. My code is shown below the figure

import matplotlib as mpl
font = {'family':'serif','serif':'serif','weight':'normal','size':'18'}
mpl.rc('font',**font)
mpl.rc('text',usetex=True)

plt.close()
plt.subplots_adjust(left=0.15, bottom=0.15)
num_bins = 50

n, bins, patches = plt.hist(A, num_bins, facecolor='blue', alpha=0.5, label='Healthy SG')

n, bins, patches = plt.hist(B, num_bins, facecolor='red', alpha=0.5, label='Aged SG')

n, bins, patches = plt.hist(C, num_bins, facecolor='yellow', alpha=0.5, label='Healthy VG')

n, bins, patches = plt.hist(D, num_bins, facecolor='green', alpha=0.5, label='Aged VG')

plt.ylim(0.,10.)
plt.tick_params(axis='both', which='major', labelsize=14)
plt.grid(True)
plt.legend(loc=2, fontsize= 16)

plt.show()

unutbu · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-26 15:42:26Z

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When you use bins=num_bins, each call to plt.hist decides where the bin edges should be independently. Each call tries to choose bin edges which are appropriate for the data passed. As the data changes, so do the bin edges.

To make the bin widths constant, you'll need to pass the same explicit array of bin edges to each call to plt.hist:

num_bins = 50
data = np.concatenate([A,B,C,D])
min_data, max_data = data.min(), data.max()
bins = np.linspace(min_data, max_data, num_bins)
plt.hist(A, bins=bins, facecolor='blue', alpha=0.5, label='Healthy SG')
plt.hist(B, bins=bins, facecolor='red', alpha=0.5, label='Aged SG')
plt.hist(C, bins=bins, facecolor='yellow', alpha=0.5, label='Healthy VG')
plt.hist(D, bins=bins, facecolor='green', alpha=0.5, label='Aged VG')

answered Nov 26, 2016 at 15:42

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