histoprint 1.5.2

How does it work?

Histoprint uses a mix of terminal color codes and Unicode trickery (i.e. combining characters) to plot overlaying histograms. Some terminals are not able to display Unicode combining characters correctly. Histopront can still be used in those terminals, but the character set needs to be constrained to the non-combining ones (see below).

Examples

Some examples:

import numpy as np
from histoprint import text_hist, print_hist

A = np.random.randn(1000) - 2
B = np.random.randn(1000)
C = np.random.randn(1000) + 2
D = np.random.randn(500) * 2

# text_hist is a thin wrapper for numpy.histogram
text_hist(
    B, bins=[-5, -3, -2, -1, -0.5, 0, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 5], title="Variable bin widths"
)

histA = np.histogram(A, bins=15, range=(-5, 5))
histB = np.histogram(B, bins=15, range=(-5, 5))
histC = np.histogram(C, bins=15, range=(-5, 5))
histD = np.histogram(D, bins=15, range=(-5, 5))
histAll = ([histA[0], histB[0], histC[0], histD[0]], histA[1])

# print_hist can be used to print multiple histograms at once
# (or just to print a single one as returned by numpy.histogram)
print_hist(histAll, title="Overlays", labels="ABCDE")
print_hist(
    histAll,
    title="Stacks",
    stack=True,
    symbols="      ",
    bg_colors="rgbcmy",
    labels="ABCDE",
)
print_hist(
    histAll,
    title="Summaries",
    symbols=r"=|\/",
    fg_colors="0",
    bg_colors="0",
    labels=["AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA", "B", "CCCCCCCCCCCCC", "D"],
    summary=True,
)

The last example does not use terminal colors, so it can be copied as text:

                                   Summaries
-5.00e+00 _
-4.33e+00 _═⃫
-3.67e+00 _═⃫═⃫═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏
-3.00e+00 _═⃫═⃫═⃫═⃫═⃫═⃫═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏
-2.33e+00 _╪⃫╪⃫═⃫═⃫═⃫═⃫═⃫═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏
-1.67e+00 _╪⃫╪⃫╪⃫╪⃫╪⃫╪⃫╪⃫╪⃫╪⃫╪⃫═⃫═⃫═⃫═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏
-1.00e+00 _╪⃫╪⃫╪⃫╪⃫╪⃫╪⃫╪⃫╪⃫╪⃫╪⃫╪⃫╪⃫╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏
-3.33e-01 _╪⃥⃫╪⃥⃫╪⃫╪⃫╪⃫╪⃫╪⃫╪⃫╪⃫╪⃫╪⃫╪⃫╪⃫╪⃫╪⃫╪⃫╪⃫╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏
 3.33e-01 _╪⃥⃫╪⃥⃫╪⃥⃫╪⃥⃫╪⃥⃫╪⃥⃫╪⃫╪⃫╪⃫╪⃫│⃫│⃫│⃫│⃫│⃫│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏
 1.00e+00 _╪⃥⃫│⃥⃫│⃥⃫│⃥⃫│⃥⃫│⃥⃫│⃥⃫│⃥⃫│⃥⃫│⃥⃫│⃥⃫│⃥⃫│⃥⃫│⃥⃫│⃥⃫│⃥⃫│⃥│⃥│⃥│⃥│⃥│⃥│⃥│⃥│⃥│⃥│⃥│⃥│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏
 1.67e+00 _│⃥⃫│⃥⃫│⃥⃫│⃥⃫│⃥⃫│⃥⃫│⃥⃫│⃥⃫│⃥⃫│⃥⃫│⃥⃫│⃥│⃥│⃥│⃥│⃥│⃥│⃥│⃥│⃥│⃥│⃥│⃥│⃥│⃥│⃥│⃥│⃥│⃥│⃥│⃥│⃥│⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥
 2.33e+00 _│⃥⃫│⃥⃫│⃥⃫│⃥⃫│⃥⃫│⃥⃫│⃥⃫│⃥⃫│⃥│⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥
 3.00e+00 _│⃥⃫│⃥⃫ ⃥⃫ ⃥⃫ ⃥⃫ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥
 3.67e+00 _ ⃥⃫ ⃥⃫ ⃥⃫ ⃥⃫ ⃥⃫ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥
 4.33e+00 _ ⃥⃫ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥ ⃥
 5.00e+00 _ ⃥⃫ ⃥
             ═͏ AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA │͏ B          ⃥ CCCCCCCCCCCCC  ⃫ D
       Sum:  9.99e+02           1.00e+03    9.99e+02        4.92e+02
       Avg: -1.98e+00           1.13e-02    1.99e+00       -1.71e-01
       Std:  1.03e+00           1.03e+00    9.94e-01        2.00e+00

Command line interface

Histoprint also comes with a simple command line interface to create histograms of tabulated data. It can read in files or take data directly from STDIN:

$ histoprint --help
Usage: histoprint [OPTIONS] INFILE

  Read INFILE and print a histogram of the contained columns.

  INFILE can be '-', in which case the data is read from STDIN.

Options:
  -b, --bins TEXT                 Number of bins or space-separated bin edges.
  -t, --title TEXT                Title of the histogram.
  --stack / --nostack             Stack the histograms.
  -s, --summary / -S, --nosummary
                                  Print summary statistics.
  -l, --label TEXT                Labels for the data, one for each column.
  --symbols TEXT                  Symbol cycle for multiple histograms.
                                  Choices & default: ' |=/\'

  --fg-colors TEXT                Colour cycle for foreground colours.
                                  Default: 'WWWWW', Choices:
                                  '0rgbcmykwRGBCMYKW'

  --bg-colors TEXT                Colour cycle for background colours.
                                  Default: 'K0000', Choices:
                                  '0rgbcmykwRGBCMYKW'

  -f, --field TEXT                Which fields to histogram. Interpretation of
                                  the fields depends on the file format. TXT
                                  files only support integers for column
                                  numbers starting at 0. For CSV files, the
                                  fields must be the names of the columns as
                                  specified in the first line of the file.
                                  When plotting from ROOT files, at least one
                                  field must be specified. This can either be
                                  the path to a single TH1, or one or more
                                  paths to TTree branches.

  -c, --columns INTEGER           Total width of the displayed historgram in
                                  characters. Defaults to width of the
                                  terminal.

  -r, --lines INTEGER             Approximate total height of the displayed
                                  historgram in characters. Calculated from
                                  number of columns by default.

  --version                       Show the version and exit.
  --help                          Show this message and exit.


$ histoprint -t "Title" -s -b "0.5 1.5 2.5 3.5 4.5" -l A -l B --fg-colors "0" --bg-colors "0" --symbols "|=" - <<EOF
1 2
2 3
2 3
2 nan
3 4
3 4
EOF
                                     Title
 5.00e-01 _
           │͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏
           │͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏
           │͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏
 1.50e+00 _│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏
           ╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏
           ╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏
           ╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏
 2.50e+00 _╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏│͏
           ╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏
           ╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏
           ╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏
 3.50e+00 _╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏╪͏
           ═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏
           ═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏
           ═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏
 4.50e+00 _═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏═͏
                               │͏ A         ═͏ B
                         Tot:  6.00e+00    5.00e+00
                         Avg:  2.17e+00    3.20e+00
                         Std:  6.87e-01    7.48e-01

Support for other histogram types

Histoprint can directly plot other (more fancy) types of histograms if they offer a way of being converted to the Numpy format. Currently this means they have to expose a numpy() or to_numpy() method. Both the TH1 histograms of uproot, as well as the histograms of boost-histogram are supported like this:

import boost_histogram as bh
hist = bh.Histogram(bh.axis.Regular(20, -3, 3))
hist.fill(np.random.randn(1000))
print_hist(hist, title="Boost Histogram")

import uproot
file = uproot.open("http://scikit-hep.org/uproot/examples/Event.root")
hist = file["htime"]
print_hist(hist, title="uproot TH1")

How to get it?

$ pip install [--user] histoprint

$ conda install -c conda-forge histoprint

Disabling Unicode combining characters

Some terminals are not able to display Unicode combining characters correctly. To disable the use of combining characters, simply do not use them when calling print_hist:

print_hist(some_histograms, symbols=" =|")

The combining characters are / and \. Note that they are used in the default set of characters for the 4th and 5th histogram if they are present.