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.. _gallery_simple_histogram:
Simple Histogram
----------------
This example shows how to make a basic histogram, based on the vega-lite docs
https://vega.github.io/vega-lite/examples/histogram.html
.. altair-plot::
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import altair as alt
from vega_datasets import data
source = data.movies.url
alt.Chart(source).mark_bar().encode(
alt.X("IMDB_Rating:Q", bin=True),
y='count()',
)
# No channel encoding options are specified in this chart
# so the code is the same as for the method-based syntax.
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.. tab-item:: Method syntax
:sync: method
.. code:: python
import altair as alt
from vega_datasets import data
source = data.movies.url
alt.Chart(source).mark_bar().encode(
alt.X("IMDB_Rating:Q", bin=True),
y='count()',
)
.. tab-item:: Attribute syntax
:sync: attribute
.. code:: python
import altair as alt
from vega_datasets import data
source = data.movies.url
alt.Chart(source).mark_bar().encode(
alt.X("IMDB_Rating:Q", bin=True),
y='count()',
)
# No channel encoding options are specified in this chart
# so the code is the same as for the method-based syntax.