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title: linearBins() function
description: >
  `linearBins()` generates a list of linearly separated float values.
menu:
  flux_v0_ref:
    name: linearBins
    parent: universe
    identifier: universe/linearBins
weight: 101

introduced: 0.19.0
---

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`linearBins()` generates a list of linearly separated float values.

Use `linearBins()` to generate bin bounds for `histogram()`.

##### Function type signature

```js
(count: int, start: float, width: float, ?infinity: bool) => [float]
```

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## Parameters

### start
({{< req >}})
First value to return in the list.



### width
({{< req >}})
Distance between subsequent values.



### count
({{< req >}})
Number of values to return.



### infinity

Include an infinite value at the end of the list. Default is `true`.




## Examples

### Generate a list of linearly increasing values

```js
linearBins(
    start: 0.0,
    width: 10.0,
    count: 10,
)// Returns [0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, +Inf]


```