# Histogram Bin Width

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/histogram-bin-width/2975
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [November 14, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/histogram-bin-width/2975 "2019-11-14T13:49:02Z")
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### Author: ![yamartinezgomez](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/e5b9ba/32.png) [@yamartinezgomez](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/yamartinezgomez)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/histogram-bin-width/2975/1 "2019-11-14T13:49:02Z")

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Hello,

When plotting Histograms, is it possible to set “bin width”?  
I am using ParaView 5.6.0 64-bit, and my options for histograms are: (1) center bins around min and max, (2) calculate averages, and (3) use custom bin ranges. The last option has 2 inputs that I am not familiar with or I do not know how to use.

My goal is to establish a bin width of 0.1. Therefore, I will have an x-axis from 0 to 1 with 10 bins that range from 0-0.1 , 0.1-0.2 , 0.2-0.3 , 0.3-0.4 , 0.4-0.5 , 0.5-0.6 , 0.6-0.7 , 0.7-0.8 , 0.8-0.9 , … , 0.9-1.  
Thank you.

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### Author: ![Kenneth\_Moreland](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/kenneth_moreland/32/15033_2.png) [@Kenneth\_Moreland](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Kenneth_Moreland)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2019, 2:47pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/histogram-bin-width/2975/2 "2019-11-14T14:47:34Z")

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There is no direct way to set the bins ranges. You will have to use the `Bin Count` and `Use Custom Bin Ranges` options and do the math to set the ranges how you want.

The `Use Custom Bin Ranges` let you select the minimum and maximum values to use in the range. So if you want your histogram to have an x-axis from `0` to `1`, set the first (minimum) `Custom Bin Range` to `0` and the second (maximum) `Custom Bin Range` to `1`. The size of each bin will be (\mathrm{Range\_{max}} - \mathrm{Range\_{min}})/(\mathrm{Bin~Count}).

So to get the 10 bins that you asked for, set `Bin Count` to be `10` and then select `Use Custom Bin Ranges` and set `Custom Bin Ranges` from `0` to `1`.

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### Author: ![yamartinezgomez](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/e5b9ba/32.png) [@yamartinezgomez](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/yamartinezgomez)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/histogram-bin-width/2975/3 "2019-11-14T16:26:11Z")

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Thank you Kenneth,

I posted this question earlier but I realized I didn’t phrased it well. So I decided to post the same question in a better way.

Sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for the reply.

Yvon,