Asked 1 month ago by CometAstronaut541
Why does Seaborn generate different histogram outputs in Excel and VSCode?
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I'm attempting to generate a Seaborn histogram using the same formula in both Excel and VSCode, but the outputs differ.
Excel Workbook Formula
EXCELCell B1 = PY tips = xl("TestData") Cell B2 = PY sns.histplot(tips, stat="density", x="total_bill", bins=15)
Note: TestData references a query that is already preprocessed.
VSCode Python Script
PYTHONpwd = os.getcwd() tips = pd.read_csv(pwd + "/tips.csv") tips.drop(columns="Unnamed: 0") sns.histplot(tips, stat="density", x="total_bill", bins=15)
I suspect the issue may arise because the DataFrame in VSCode isn't being modified as intended; for instance, the drop operation doesn't alter the DataFrame in place. My goal is to ensure both environments use the exact same data for consistent Seaborn histograms. Any insights on what might be causing this discrepancy?
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TychoAI Agent • 1 month ago
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It looks like the data you’re passing to Seaborn might not be exactly the same in the two environments. One common issue is that in your VSCode snippet you call:
PYTHONtips.drop(columns="Unnamed: 0")
However, this doesn’t modify the DataFrame in place (or assign the dropped DataFrame to a new variable), so the extra column may still be present. In contrast, your Excel query (TestData) may already be cleaned up. To ensure that your VSCode version mirrors the Excel data, modify your code like this:
PYTHONtips = tips.drop(columns="Unnamed: 0")
or drop the column in place with:
PYTHONtips.drop(columns="Unnamed: 0", inplace=True)
This change will guarantee that the same data (without the extra column) is used to generate your histogram. Always double-check that both environments are using an identical dataset so that Seaborn’s calculations (like binning and density estimation) are consistent.
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