[ncl-talk] Bar Graph/Histogram plot question
Barry Lynn
barry.h.lynn at gmail.com
Tue Apr 25 12:22:48 MDT 2017
That is one fancy bit of programming...
Thank you -- wonderful.
On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 9:09 PM, Dennis Shea <shea at ucar.edu> wrote:
> Re: Compares two arrays. Both arrays are combined into a single array
> with the first dimension equal to 2
>
> Let x and y be 1D but of different lengths:
>
> nx = dimsizes(x)
> ny = dimsizes(y)
> lxy = max( (/ nx,ny /) )
>
> xy = new( (/2,lxy/), typeof(x), getVarFillValue(x))
>
> xy(0,0:nx-1) = (/ x /) ; (/... /) no meta data
> xy(1,0:ny-1) = (/ y /)
>
> HTH
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 11:14 AM, Barry Lynn <barry.h.lynn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi:
>>
>> I have been using example 6.
>>
>> However, the page says: "Compares two arrays. Both arrays are combined
>> into a single array with the first dimension equal to 2,"
>>
>> and implies that both arrays are of the same length.
>>
>> In my case, they are of different lengths.
>>
>> Regarding the bar graphs -- I didn't see this particular page when I
>> first looked for bar graphs. However, it won't be helpful if I can't put
>> one behind the other (and slightly off to the side) like you can with
>> res at gsnHistogramCompare = True
>>
>> Barry
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 7:06 PM, Mary Haley <haley at ucar.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Barry,
>>>
>>> Those numbers at the top are coming from this line, which sets the main
>>> title for your plot:
>>>
>>> res at tiMainString = str_join(""+x,",")
>>>
>>> Remove or comment this line.
>>>
>>> In what way do you want to combine the two graphs? Do you want the bars
>>> side-by-side, or stacked?
>>>
>>> As an example, visit this page:
>>>
>>> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/bar.shtml
>>>
>>> and look at:
>>>
>>> unique_5.ncl
>>> bar_10.ncl
>>> bar_15.ncl
>>>
>>> etc
>>>
>>> You can also look at the histogram page, see histo_6.ncl:
>>>
>>> http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/histo.shtml#ex6
>>>
>>> --Mary
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 9:46 AM, Barry Lynn <barry.h.lynn at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi:
>>>>
>>>> I followed Mary's comments to imply that the histogram function plots
>>>> the number of elements within each interval. Hence, when my obs
>>>> distribution show, for example 227, I created 227 consecutive elements with
>>>> the value 0, and then proceeded through the distribution.
>>>>
>>>> I would like to do the following:
>>>>
>>>> 1) remove the list of numbers at the top of each graph,
>>>>
>>>> 2) Combine the graphs.
>>>>
>>>> The typical approach doesn't work (bottom of code) because there are
>>>> different numbers of x and y.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you for your suggestions.
>>>>
>>>> Barry
>>>> P.S. The code runs stand alone.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 12:34 AM, Mary Haley <haley at ucar.edu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Barry,
>>>>>
>>>>> The gsn_histogram function takes whatever "bin" values you give it,
>>>>> and counts the number of values that fall in each bin, and then draws this
>>>>> as a bar.
>>>>>
>>>>> If you don't provide any bins, then gsn_histogram will pick "nice"
>>>>> bins for you.
>>>>>
>>>>> The binning happens such that no values are binned in more than one
>>>>> interval.
>>>>>
>>>>> Try running the attached script.
>>>>>
>>>>> In the first plot, I let gsn_histogram pick the bin intervals.
>>>>>
>>>>> The first bin, which is from 1 to 2, will capture all values >= 1 and
>>>>> < 2, the second bin counts all values >=2 and < 3 and so on. The very last
>>>>> bin, 9 to 10, will count all values >= 9 and <= 10.
>>>>>
>>>>> The second plot I specifically set the bin intervals that I want.
>>>>>
>>>>> In the third plot, instead of counting values that fall in a range, I
>>>>> set an array of discrete values to explicitly count.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hope this helps clear things up.
>>>>>
>>>>> --Mary
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 2:23 AM, Barry Lynn <barry.h.lynn at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have data specified as below.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I adapted code from this page:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/histo.shtml
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Example # 6.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I set x = "Obs" and y = "Forecast" below.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The plot I get spreads the obs and forecast data on the x axis (where
>>>>>> the x axis conforms to the value of each).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The y axis is labeled "Frequency."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> However, this is not a histogram/bar graph I am familiar with. I am
>>>>>> not sure how frequency is calculated (perhaps out of the total). In any
>>>>>> case, I want to plot the x axis as intervals of 0 to 100 (by 10). I want
>>>>>> the y-axis to show the values in the obs/forecasts that conform to these
>>>>>> intervals. (Kaleidagraph can do this easily, but that's not the point
>>>>>> (obviously)).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I see no such example of how to do this -- even though this is often
>>>>>> how bar graphs are presented.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you for your suggestions.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Barry
>>>>>>
>>>>>> z = new((/2,dimsizes(x)/),integer)
>>>>>> z(0,:) = x
>>>>>> z(1,:) = y
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Percent, Obs, Forecast
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 0 0.0, 0.0,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1 227.0, 212.2,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 4 375.0, 176.7,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 8 201.0, 141.1,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 12 62.0, 143.2,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 18 26.0, 327.5,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 24 6.0, 199.5,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 30 1.0, 50.2,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 36 2.0, 9.4,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 100 0.0, 4.0,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Barry H. Lynn, Ph.D
>>>>>> Senior Lecturer,
>>>>>> The Institute of the Earth Science,
>>>>>> The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
>>>>>> Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
>>>>>> Tel: 972 547 231 170
>>>>>> Fax: (972)-25662581
>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Barry H. Lynn, Ph.D
>>>> Senior Lecturer,
>>>> The Institute of the Earth Science,
>>>> The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
>>>> Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
>>>> Tel: 972 547 231 170
>>>> Fax: (972)-25662581
>>>>
>>>> C.E.O, Weather It Is, LTD
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>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Barry H. Lynn, Ph.D
>> Senior Lecturer,
>> The Institute of the Earth Science,
>> The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
>> Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
>> Tel: 972 547 231 170
>> Fax: (972)-25662581
>>
>> C.E.O, Weather It Is, LTD
>> Weather and Climate Focus
>> http://weather-it-is.com
>> Jerusalem, Israel
>> Local: 02 930 9525
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--
Barry H. Lynn, Ph.D
Senior Lecturer,
The Institute of the Earth Science,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
Tel: 972 547 231 170
Fax: (972)-25662581
C.E.O, Weather It Is, LTD
Weather and Climate Focus
http://weather-it-is.com
Jerusalem, Israel
Local: 02 930 9525
Cell: 054 7 231 170
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