#include <gsl/gsl_histogram.h>
#include <math.h>
+#include "data/settings.h"
#include "libpspp/message.h"
#include "libpspp/assertion.h"
#include "libpspp/cast.h"
}
-struct histogram *
-histogram_create (double bin_width, double min, double max)
-{
- int bins;
- struct histogram *h = xmalloc (sizeof *h);
- struct statistic *stat = &h->parent;
+/* Find a bin width which is adapted to the scaling of the x axis
+In the example here, the binwidth is half of the tick interval.
- const double half_bin_width = bin_width / 2.0;
+ binwidth
+ > <
+ |....+....+....+. .+....|
+ LOWER 1 2 3 N_TICKS
+ ^LOWDBL ^HIGHDBL
- /* The lower and upper limits of the histogram, in units of half
- bin widths */
- int lower_limit, upper_limit;
+This only works, when the min and max value for the histogram are adapted
+such that (max-min) is a multiple of the binwidth. Then the location of the
+first bin has to be aligned to the ticks.
+*/
+static int
+hist_find_pretty_no_of_bins(double bin_width_in, double min, double max,
+ double *adjusted_min, double *adjusted_max)
+{
+ double lower, interval;
+ int n_ticks;
+ double binwidth;
+ int nbins;
- /* -1 if the lower end of the range contains more unused space
- than the upper end.
- +1 otherwise. */
- short sparse_end = 0;
+ chart_get_scale (max, min, &lower, &interval, &n_ticks);
- if (max == min)
+ if (bin_width_in >= 2 * interval)
{
- msg (MW, _("Not creating histogram because the data contains less than 2 distinct values"));
- free (h);
- return NULL;
+ binwidth = floor(bin_width_in/interval) * interval;
+ *adjusted_min = lower;
+ }
+ else if (bin_width_in >= 1.5 * interval)
+ {
+ binwidth = 1.5 * interval;
+ if (min < (lower + 0.5 * interval))
+ *adjusted_min = lower;
+ else
+ *adjusted_min = lower + 0.5 * interval;
+ }
+ else if (bin_width_in >= interval)
+ {
+ binwidth = interval;
+ *adjusted_min = lower;
+ }
+ else if (bin_width_in >= (2.0/3.0 * interval))
+ {
+ binwidth = (2.0/3.0 * interval);
+ if (min >= lower + binwidth)
+ *adjusted_min = lower + binwidth;
+ else
+ *adjusted_min = lower;
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ int i;
+ for(i = 2; bin_width_in < interval/i; i++);
+ binwidth = interval/i;
+ *adjusted_min = floor((min - lower)/binwidth)*binwidth + lower;
}
- assert (max > min);
-
- {
- double ul, ll;
- double lower_tail = modf (min / half_bin_width, &ll);
- double upper_tail = modf (max / half_bin_width, &ul);
- lower_limit = ll - 1;
- upper_limit = ul + 1;
-
- sparse_end = lower_tail < upper_tail ? -1 : +1;
- }
+ nbins = ceil((max-*adjusted_min)/binwidth);
+ *adjusted_max = nbins*binwidth + *adjusted_min;
- /* The range must be an EVEN number of half bin_widths */
- if ( (upper_limit - lower_limit) % 2)
+ /* adjusted_max should never be smaller than max but if it is equal
+ then the gsl_histogram will not add the cases which have max value */
+ if (*adjusted_max <= max)
{
- /* Extend the range at the end which gives the least unused space */
- if (sparse_end == +1)
- lower_limit--;
- else
- upper_limit++;
-
- /* Now the other end has more space */
- sparse_end *= -1;
+ *adjusted_max += binwidth;
+ nbins++;
}
+ assert (*adjusted_min <= min);
- /* But the range should be aligned to an ODD number of
- half bin widths, so that the labels are aesthetically pleasing ones. */
- if ( lower_limit % 2 == 0)
+ return nbins;
+}
+
+
+struct histogram *
+histogram_create (double bin_width_in, double min, double max)
+{
+ struct histogram *h;
+ struct statistic *stat;
+ int bins;
+ double adjusted_min, adjusted_max;
+
+ if (max == min)
{
- lower_limit += -sparse_end ;
- upper_limit += -sparse_end ;
+ msg (MW, _("Not creating histogram because the data contains less than 2 distinct values"));
+ return NULL;
}
- bins = (upper_limit - lower_limit) / 2.0;
+ assert (bin_width_in > 0);
- /* Force the number of bins to lie in a sensible range */
- if (bins > 25)
- bins = 25;
+ bins = hist_find_pretty_no_of_bins(bin_width_in, min, max, &adjusted_min, &adjusted_max);
- if (bins < 1)
- bins = 1;
+ h = xmalloc (sizeof *h);
h->gsl_hist = gsl_histogram_alloc (bins);
- gsl_histogram_set_ranges_uniform (h->gsl_hist,
- lower_limit * half_bin_width,
- upper_limit * half_bin_width);
+ /* The bin ranges could be computed with gsl_histogram_set_ranges_uniform,
+ but the number of bins is adapted to the ticks of the axis such that for example
+ data ranging from 1.0 to 7.0 with 6 bins will have bin limits at
+ 2.0,3.0,4.0 and 5.0. Due to numerical accuracy the computed bin limits might
+ be 4.99999999 for a value which is expected to be 5.0. But the limits of
+ the histogram bins should be that what is expected from the displayed ticks.
+ Therefore the bin limits are computed from the rounded values which is similar
+ to the procedure at the chart_get_ticks_format. Actual bin limits should be
+ exactly what is displayed at the ticks.
+ But... I cannot reproduce the problem that I see with gsl_histogram_set_ranges_uniform
+ with the code below without rounding...
+ */
+ {
+ double *ranges = xmalloc (sizeof (double) * (bins + 1));
+ double interval = (adjusted_max - adjusted_min) / bins;
+ for (int i = 0; i < bins; i++)
+ ranges[i] = adjusted_min + interval * i;
+ ranges[bins] = adjusted_max;
+ gsl_histogram_set_ranges (h->gsl_hist, ranges, bins + 1);
+ free (ranges);
+ }
+ stat = &h->parent;
stat->accumulate = acc;
stat->destroy = destroy;