# Discretize (bin) numerical values¶

Group numbers into bins (intervals).

## Options¶

Input columns

Number column to transform into bin.

Binning mode

Choose from two binning modes:

• Fixed size intervals: Define bin width to create bins of equal width. For example, 2 generates ...,-2:0, 0:2, 2:4, ....

• In each bin, the lower bound is included and the upper bound is excluded.

• Minimum value: Set a minimum value N below which the corresponding bin will be < N. This also creates an offset for the bins: with width=2 and minimum=0.5, the generated bins will be 0.5:2.5, 2.5:4.5, 4.5:6.5, ...

• Maximum value: Set a maximum value N above which the corresponding bin will be >= N.

• Custom, use raw values: specify non-overlapping intervals to create bins.

• In each bin, the lower bound is included and the upper bound is excluded.

• If a bound isn’t specified, +/- infinity will be used.

• The output bin for a value that is out of the ranges will be an empty cell.

Output column

Perform the binning in an additional output column or leave it empty to perform the binning in place.