Any way to create histogram with matplotlib.pyplot without plotting the histogram?

Question

I am using matplotlib.pyplot to create histograms. I\'m not actually interested in the plots of these histograms, but interested in the frequencies and bins (I know I can write

Answer 1

You can use np.histogram2d (for 2D histogram) or np.histogram (for 1D histogram):

hst = np.histogram(A, bins)
hst2d = np.histogram2d(X,Y,bins)

Output form will be the same as plt.hist and plt.hist2d, the only difference is there is no plot.