Histogram

import IEx.Helpers

Build a histogram 3 ways

a. Build a histogram with library function

Example

histogram.build("apple")

apple

a | *
p | **
l | *
e | *

"lets get started on some elixir"
|> String.graphemes()
|> Enum.frequencies()
|> Enum.map(fn {key, value} ->
  "#{key} | #{String.duplicate(~s[*], value)}"
end)
|> Enum.join("\n")
|> IO.puts()

  | *****
a | *
d | *
e | *****
g | *
i | **
l | **
m | *
n | *
o | **
r | **
s | ***
t | ****
x | *

:ok

b. Histogram with Enum.map/1

"build a histogram with the map function"
|> String.graphemes()
|> Enum.group_by(fn x -> x end)
|> Enum.map(fn {k, v} ->
  {k, length(v)}
end)
|> Enum.map(fn {key, count} ->
  "#{key} | #{String.duplicate(~s[*], count)}"
end)
|> Enum.join("\n")
|> IO.puts()

  | ******
a | ***
b | *
c | *
d | *
e | *
f | *
g | *
h | ***
i | ****
l | *
m | **
n | **
o | **
p | *
r | *
s | *
t | ****
u | **
w | *

:ok