text: #!/usr/bin/env python
  
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  """Extract a distribution for the selected feature of the population of neurons among
     the exponential, normal and uniform distribution, according to the minimum ks distance.
     """
  
  from itertools import chain
  import argparse
  import json
  
  import neurom as nm
  from neurom import stats
  
  
  def parse_args():
      """Parse command line arguments."""
      parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
          description='Morphology fit distribution extractor',
          epilog='Note: Outputs json of the optimal distribution \
                  and corresponding parameters.')
  
      parser.add_argument('datapath',
                          help='Path to morphology data directory')
  
      parser.add_argument('feature',
                          help='Feature to be extracted with neurom.get')
  
      return parser.parse_args()
  
  
  def extract_data(data_path, feature):
      """Loads a list of neurons, extracts feature
         and transforms the fitted distribution in the correct format.
         Returns the optimal distribution, corresponding parameters,
         minimun and maximum values.
      """
      population = nm.load_neurons(data_path)
  
      feature_data = [nm.get(feature, n) for n in population]
      feature_data = list(chain(*feature_data))
  
      return stats.optimal_distribution(feature_data)
  
  
  if __name__ == '__main__':
      args = parse_args()
  
      d_path = args.datapath
  
      feat = args.feature
  
      _result = stats.fit_results_to_dict(extract_data(d_path, feat))
  
      print(json.dumps(_result, indent=2, separators=(',', ': ')))
  