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Histogram function in JavaScript
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/*** | |
* Histogram "bins" numbers in the array X in to group ranges. | |
* Example usage histogram([1,5,2,4,2,5,2,3,1], 2) would return back [5,2,2] where bin ranges are [1-2, 3-4, 5-6] as bin range is 2 | |
* Example usage histogram([1,5,2,4,2,5,2,3,1], 1) would return back [2,3,1,1,2] where bin ranges are [1,2,3,4,5] as bin range is 1 | |
*/ | |
function histogram(X, binRange) { | |
//inclusive of the first number | |
var max = Math.max(...X); | |
var min = Math.min(...X); | |
var len = max - min + 1; | |
var numberOfBins = Math.ceil(len / binRange); | |
var bins = new Array(numberOfBins).fill(0); | |
//-min to normalise values for the array | |
X.forEach((x) => bins[Math.floor((x-min) / binRange)]++); | |
return bins; | |
} |
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