#!/usr/bin/env python3 import argparse ticks = ["▁", "▂", "▃", "▄", "▅", "▆", "▇", "█"] def histogram(sequence): min_val = min(sequence) max_val = max(sequence) scale = (int(max_val - min_val) << 8) / (len(ticks) - 1) if scale < 1: scale = 1 return [ticks[int((int(i - min_val) << 8) / scale)] for i in sequence] if __name__ == "__main__": parser = argparse.ArgumentParser() parser.add_argument( "numbers", metavar="N", type=float, nargs="+", help="a number for the accumulator", ) args = parser.parse_args() h = histogram(args.numbers) print("".join(h))