""" ===================== Bar chart with labels ===================== This example shows how to use the `~.Axes.bar_label` helper function to create bar chart labels. See also the :doc:`grouped bar `, :doc:`stacked bar ` and :doc:`horizontal bar chart ` examples. """ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np # %% # data from https://allisonhorst.github.io/palmerpenguins/ species = ('Adelie', 'Chinstrap', 'Gentoo') sex_counts = { 'Male': np.array([73, 34, 61]), 'Female': np.array([73, 34, 58]), } width = 0.6 # the width of the bars: can also be len(x) sequence fig, ax = plt.subplots() bottom = np.zeros(3) for sex, sex_count in sex_counts.items(): p = ax.bar(species, sex_count, width, label=sex, bottom=bottom) bottom += sex_count ax.bar_label(p, label_type='center') ax.set_title('Number of penguins by sex') ax.legend() plt.show() # %% # Horizontal bar chart # Fixing random state for reproducibility np.random.seed(19680801) # Example data people = ('Tom', 'Dick', 'Harry', 'Slim', 'Jim') y_pos = np.arange(len(people)) performance = 3 + 10 * np.random.rand(len(people)) error = np.random.rand(len(people)) fig, ax = plt.subplots() hbars = ax.barh(y_pos, performance, xerr=error, align='center') ax.set_yticks(y_pos, labels=people) ax.invert_yaxis() # labels read top-to-bottom ax.set_xlabel('Performance') ax.set_title('How fast do you want to go today?') # Label with specially formatted floats ax.bar_label(hbars, fmt='%.2f') ax.set_xlim(right=15) # adjust xlim to fit labels plt.show() # %% # Some of the more advanced things that one can do with bar labels fig, ax = plt.subplots() hbars = ax.barh(y_pos, performance, xerr=error, align='center') ax.set_yticks(y_pos, labels=people) ax.invert_yaxis() # labels read top-to-bottom ax.set_xlabel('Performance') ax.set_title('How fast do you want to go today?') # Label with given captions, custom padding and annotate options ax.bar_label(hbars, labels=[f'±{e:.2f}' for e in error], padding=8, color='b', fontsize=14) ax.set_xlim(right=16) plt.show() # %% # Bar labels using {}-style format string fruit_names = ['Coffee', 'Salted Caramel', 'Pistachio'] fruit_counts = [4000, 2000, 7000] fig, ax = plt.subplots() bar_container = ax.bar(fruit_names, fruit_counts) ax.set(ylabel='pints sold', title='Gelato sales by flavor', ylim=(0, 8000)) ax.bar_label(bar_container, fmt='{:,.0f}') # %% # Bar labels using a callable animal_names = ['Lion', 'Gazelle', 'Cheetah'] mph_speed = [50, 60, 75] fig, ax = plt.subplots() bar_container = ax.bar(animal_names, mph_speed) ax.set(ylabel='speed in MPH', title='Running speeds', ylim=(0, 80)) ax.bar_label(bar_container, fmt=lambda x: f'{x * 1.61:.1f} km/h') # %% # # .. admonition:: References # # The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown # in this example: # # - `matplotlib.axes.Axes.bar` / `matplotlib.pyplot.bar` # - `matplotlib.axes.Axes.barh` / `matplotlib.pyplot.barh` # - `matplotlib.axes.Axes.bar_label` / `matplotlib.pyplot.bar_label` # # .. tags:: # # component: label # plot-type: bar # level: beginner