how to build a histogram using perl?

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Re: how to build a histogram using perl? by Anonymous Monk on Sep 03, 2008 at 05:38 UTC
Hi mary. First thing you do is search, like histogram or a histogram or histogram or histogram site:perlmonks.org. Then either install some modules, or copy/paste some code (or write some) :)	[reply]
Re: how to build a histogram using perl? by ady (Deacon) on Sep 03, 2008 at 05:50 UTC
Greetings! Here's some code snippets from one of my apps. You'll need the GD::Graph module from CPAN and the two extension modules, if you want to use the min,max,sum and ceil functions. Read more... (5 kB) Best regards, allan dystrup	[reply] [d/l]
Re: how to build a histogram using perl? by zentara (Cardinal) on Sep 03, 2008 at 13:28 UTC
If you want some realtime display abilities, this will display the GD bar graph in a Tk window, and update it every 2 seconds(adjustable). Read more... (2 kB) I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth Remember How Lucky You Are	[reply] [d/l]