binning data

[geer26]

Corrected, now it works if the data sequence started with higher value than the bin size.

def make_bins(data, bin_size):
 
  binned_data = {}  #variable to store the output
  bin_low = 0  #initial lower limit of the bin
  bin_high = bin_size  #initial high limit of the bin
  key = str(bin_low) + '-' + str(bin_high)  #variable stores the key name
  i = 1  #counter for the values of the floats fits in the actal bin
   
  for data_piece in data:  #iter over the sorted data

    while data_piece < bin_low:
      bin_low += bin_size
      bin_high += bin_size
 
    if bin_low <= data_piece < bin_high:  #if the current data fits the bin, lower inclusive and upper exclusive
      binned_data[key] = i  #append the counter for the key
      i += 1  #increment the key
 
    else:  # if the current data doesn't fit the bin
      i = 1  #reset counter to 1
      bin_low += bin_size
      bin_high += bin_size  #and increment the bin limits by the bin size
      key = str(bin_low) + '-' + str(bin_high) # generate a new key
      binned_data[key] = i  #and append it 
 
  return(binned_data)