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<tool id="histogram_rpy" name="Histogram" version="1.0.2">
  <description>of a numeric column</description>
  <command interpreter="python">histogram.py $input $out_file1 $numerical_column "$title" "$xlab" $breaks $density</command>
  <inputs>
    <param name="input" type="data" format="tabular" label="Dataset" help="Query missing? See TIP below"/>
    <param name="numerical_column" type="data_column" data_ref="input" numerical="True" label="Numerical column for x axis" />
    <param name="breaks" type="integer" size="4" value="0" label="Number of breaks (bars)"/>
    <param name="title" type="text" size="30" value="Histogram" label="Plot title"/>
    <param name="xlab" type="text" size="30" value="V1" label="Label for x axis"/>
    <param name="density" type="boolean" checked="yes" label="Include smoothed density"/>
  </inputs>
  <outputs>
    <data format="pdf" name="out_file1" />
  </outputs>
  <tests>
    <test>
      <param name="input" value="histogram_in1.tabular" ftype="tabular"/>
      <param name="numerical_column" value="2"/>
      <param name="breaks" value="0"/>
      <param name="title" value="Histogram"/>
      <param name="xlab" value="V1"/>
      <param name="density" value="true"/>
      <output name="out_file1" file="histogram_out1.pdf" />
    </test>
  </tests>
  <requirements>
    <requirement type="python-module">rpy</requirement>
  </requirements>
  <help>

.. class:: infomark

**TIP:** To remove comment lines that do not begin with a *#* character, use *Text Manipulation-&gt;Remove beginning*

 .. class:: infomark

**TIP:** If your data is not TAB delimited, use *Text Manipulation-&gt;Convert*

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**Syntax**

This tool computes a histogram of the numerical values in a column of a query.

- All invalid, blank and comment lines in the query are skipped.  The number of skipped lines is displayed in the resulting history item.
- **Column for x axis** - only numerical columns are possible.
- **Number of breaks(bars)** - breakpoints between histogram cells. Value of '0' will determine breaks automatically.
- **Plot title** - the histogram title.
- **Label for x axis** - the label of the x axis for the histogram.
- **Include smoothed density** - if checked, the resulting graph will join the given corresponding points with line segments.

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**Example**

- Input file::

    1   68      4.1
    2   71      4.6
    3   62      3.8
    4   75      4.4
    5   58      3.2
    6   60      3.1
    7   67      3.8
    8   68      4.1
    9   71      4.3
    10  69      3.7 

- Create a histogram on column 2 of the above dataset. 

.. image:: ../static/images/histogram2.png

</help>
</tool>