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title: hist
description: This page provides a guide on how to use 'hist' function in Python which
  plots a histogram with density and rug. It also includes parameters related information
  and usage syntax.
keywords:
- Histogram
- Density
- Rug
- Usage
- Parameters
- n_bins
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Histogram with density and rug

### Usage

```python
hist [-b N_BINS]
```

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## Parameters

| Name | Description | Default | Optional | Choices |
| ---- | ----------- | ------- | -------- | ------- |
| n_bins |  | 15 | True | None |

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

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