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log_bins.pro

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result = log_bins(min, max, nbins [, DOUBLE=DOUBLE])

create log spaced bins, useful for plotting spectra with histo_bins

Requires scale_vector from David Fanning dfanning.com

Return value

bins: the log spaced bins between min and max

Parameters

min in required: minimum value of bins
max in required: maximum value of bins
nbins in required: number of bins to create

Keywords

DOUBLE in optional: return a double instead of a float

Examples

 IDL> print, log_bins(0.1, 10, 10)
      0.100000     0.166810     0.278256     0.464159     0.774264
      1.29155      2.15443      3.59381       5.99484      10.0000

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History:: Tue Sep 29 10:17:28 2009, Brian Larsen forget the /double to scale_vector (fixed) Wed Aug 12 14:06:28 2009, Brian Larsen written and tested

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