EDAhelper.plot_histogram

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Functions

plot_histogram(data, columns=['all'], num_bins=30)

Creates histograms for numerical features within a dataframe using Altair.
EDAhelper.plot_histogram.plot_histogram(data, columns=['all'], num_bins=30)[source]

Creates histograms for numerical features within a dataframe using Altair.

Parameters

  • data (pd.DataFrame) – A pandas dataframe

  • columns (list, default=["all"]) – A list of numerical features for which to create histograms, or by default will plot all numerical features in dataframe.

  • num_bins (integer, default=30) – Number of bins in histogram plot, default is 30 bins.

Returns

plot – An Altair plot for each specified numerical feature

Return type

altair.Chart object

Examples

>>> df = pd.DataFrame({'A': [1, 2, 3], 'B' : [1.5, 2.5, 3.5], 'C' : ['one', 'two', 'three']}),
>>> plot_histogram(df, columns = ['A', 'B'])