Python - matplotlib basic barchart (1) (plt.bar())

28 Dec 2018


# https://matplotlib.org/gallery/lines_bars_and_markers/barchart.html#sphx-glr-gallery-lines-bars-and-markers-barchart-py
# Barchart
# A bar plot with errorbars and height labels on individual bars.

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

men_means, men_std = (20, 35, 30, 35, 27), (2, 3, 4, 1, 2)
women_means, women_std = (25, 32, 34, 20, 25), (3, 5, 2, 3, 3)

ind = np.arange(len(men_means))  # the x locations for the groups
width = 0.35  # the width of the bars

fig, ax = plt.subplots()
rects1 = ax.bar(ind - width/2, men_means, width, yerr=men_std,
                color='SkyBlue', label='Men')
rects2 = ax.bar(ind + width/2, women_means, width, yerr=women_std,
                color='IndianRed', label='Women')

# Add some text for labels, title and custom x-axis tick labels, etc.
ax.set_ylabel('Scores')
ax.set_title('Scores by group and gender')
ax.set_xticks(ind)
ax.set_xticklabels(('G1', 'G2', 'G3', 'G4', 'G5'))
ax.legend()


plt.show()

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