adjustment of the histogram bar's thickness

data=[-0.00044;0.01355;0.00755;0.00455;0.01555;0.01955;0.00555;0.00455;0.01755;0.01655];
figure;
hist(data)
%I need to reduce the bars thickness of histogram

 Accepted Answer

Use bar instead; much simpler to control...
[n,x]=hist(data);
h=bar(x,n);
doc bar % for the rest of the details...

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To make bars narrower or less thick, adjust the barwidth property between 0 and 1
bar(binCenters, binHeights, 'BarWidth', 0.3); % Narrow bars
bar(binCenters, binHeights, 'BarWidth', 1.0); % Widest possible bars

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It is possible for bars to be wider than 1.0.
y = randn(10000,1);
histf(y,'barwidth',1.5)
produces this:
To see it a bit more clearly (pun?), make the bars semitransparent:
y = randn(10000,1);
histf(y,'barwidth',1.5,'alpha',.5)
I've plotted the above with histf but barwidth exceeding 1.0 is also possible with bar.

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on 12 Jul 2014

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