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title: hist
description: This page is about the hist command, a tool that creates histograms with
  density and rug. Here you will find usage, parameter information, and details on
  how to use the n_bins parameter effectively.
keywords:
- hist
- histogram
- density
- rug
- bins
- parameters
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Histogram with density and rug

### Usage

```python
hist [-b BINS]
```

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## Parameters

| Name | Description | Default | Optional | Choices |
| ---- | ----------- | ------- | -------- | ------- |
| n_bins |  | 15 | True | range(10, 100) |

![hist](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/46355364/154306947-aaba936a-ac07-40e2-a5a6-bf1fab460cd0.png)

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