.. _api-barchart_demo:

api example code: barchart_demo.py
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.. plot:: /home/tcaswell/source/p/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/api/barchart_demo.py

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    #!/usr/bin/env python
    # a bar plot with errorbars
    import numpy as np
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    
    N = 5
    menMeans = (20, 35, 30, 35, 27)
    menStd = (2, 3, 4, 1, 2)
    
    ind = np.arange(N)  # the x locations for the groups
    width = 0.35       # the width of the bars
    
    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
    rects1 = ax.bar(ind, menMeans, width, color='r', yerr=menStd)
    
    womenMeans = (25, 32, 34, 20, 25)
    womenStd = (3, 5, 2, 3, 3)
    rects2 = ax.bar(ind + width, womenMeans, width, color='y', yerr=womenStd)
    
    # add some text for labels, title and axes ticks
    ax.set_ylabel('Scores')
    ax.set_title('Scores by group and gender')
    ax.set_xticks(ind + width)
    ax.set_xticklabels(('G1', 'G2', 'G3', 'G4', 'G5'))
    
    ax.legend((rects1[0], rects2[0]), ('Men', 'Women'))
    
    
    def autolabel(rects):
        # attach some text labels
        for rect in rects:
            height = rect.get_height()
            ax.text(rect.get_x() + rect.get_width()/2., 1.05*height,
                    '%d' % int(height),
                    ha='center', va='bottom')
    
    autolabel(rects1)
    autolabel(rects2)
    
    plt.show()
    

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