pylab_examples example code: barchart_demo.py

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"""
Bar chart demo with pairs of bars grouped for easy comparison.
"""
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt


n_groups = 5

means_men = (20, 35, 30, 35, 27)
std_men = (2, 3, 4, 1, 2)

means_women = (25, 32, 34, 20, 25)
std_women = (3, 5, 2, 3, 3)

fig, ax = plt.subplots()

index = np.arange(n_groups)
bar_width = 0.35

opacity = 0.4
error_config = {'ecolor': '0.3'}

rects1 = plt.bar(index, means_men, bar_width,
                 alpha=opacity,
                 color='b',
                 yerr=std_men,
                 error_kw=error_config,
                 label='Men')

rects2 = plt.bar(index + bar_width, means_women, bar_width,
                 alpha=opacity,
                 color='r',
                 yerr=std_women,
                 error_kw=error_config,
                 label='Women')

plt.xlabel('Group')
plt.ylabel('Scores')
plt.title('Scores by group and gender')
plt.xticks(index + bar_width, ('A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E'))
plt.legend()

plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()

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