--- a/numerics/generate.py	Sun Mar 01 17:01:38 2015 -0800
+++ b/numerics/generate.py	Sun Mar 01 17:47:22 2015 -0800
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 rather than rolling our own.  Bootstrapping...
 """
 
+__all__ = ['frange']
+
 def frange(xmin, xmax, n):
     """
     float range
@@ -16,4 +18,5 @@
     n -- number of slices (one less than number of points)
     """
     dx = (xmax - xmin)/float(n)
-    raise NotImplementedError('TODO') # -> record TODO items
+    retval = [xmin+dx*i for i in range(0,n)]
+    retval.append(xmax)

--- a/numerics/histogram.py	Sun Mar 01 17:01:38 2015 -0800
+++ b/numerics/histogram.py	Sun Mar 01 17:47:22 2015 -0800
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import sys
 import time
 from .data import transpose
+from .generate import frange
 from .read import CSVParser
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
@@ -119,8 +120,17 @@
         # We'll use a guess of 2 items per bin, on average
         options.nbins = len(columns[0]) / 2
 
+    # make some bins
+    bins = frange(options.min, options.max, options.nbins)
+
     # make some histograms
+    histograms = []
+    for column in columns:
+        histogram = Histogram(bins)
+        histogram.add(*column)
 
+    # output delimeters
+    data = histograms[0].keys()
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/tests/test_generate.py	Sun Mar 01 17:47:22 2015 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+"""
+unit tests for generate
+"""
+
+import os
+import sys
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+
+# globals
+here = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+
+class generateUnitTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_generate(self):
+        tf = tempfile.mktemp()
+        try:
+            # pass
+            pass
+        finally:
+            if os.path.exists(tf):
+                os.remove(tf)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()
+