{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "\n# Bar chart with labels\n\nThis example shows how to use the `~.Axes.bar_label` helper function\nto create bar chart labels.\n\nSee also the :doc:`grouped bar\n`,\n:doc:`stacked bar\n` and\n:doc:`horizontal bar chart\n` examples.\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "import matplotlib.pyplot as plt\nimport numpy as np" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "data from https://allisonhorst.github.io/palmerpenguins/\n\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "species = ('Adelie', 'Chinstrap', 'Gentoo')\nsex_counts = {\n 'Male': np.array([73, 34, 61]),\n 'Female': np.array([73, 34, 58]),\n}\nwidth = 0.6 # the width of the bars: can also be len(x) sequence\n\n\nfig, ax = plt.subplots()\nbottom = np.zeros(3)\n\nfor sex, sex_count in sex_counts.items():\n p = ax.bar(species, sex_count, width, label=sex, bottom=bottom)\n bottom += sex_count\n\n ax.bar_label(p, label_type='center')\n\nax.set_title('Number of penguins by sex')\nax.legend()\n\nplt.show()" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Horizontal bar chart\n\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "# Fixing random state for reproducibility\nnp.random.seed(19680801)\n\n# Example data\npeople = ('Tom', 'Dick', 'Harry', 'Slim', 'Jim')\ny_pos = np.arange(len(people))\nperformance = 3 + 10 * np.random.rand(len(people))\nerror = np.random.rand(len(people))\n\nfig, ax = plt.subplots()\n\nhbars = ax.barh(y_pos, performance, xerr=error, align='center')\nax.set_yticks(y_pos, labels=people)\nax.invert_yaxis() # labels read top-to-bottom\nax.set_xlabel('Performance')\nax.set_title('How fast do you want to go today?')\n\n# Label with specially formatted floats\nax.bar_label(hbars, fmt='%.2f')\nax.set_xlim(right=15) # adjust xlim to fit labels\n\nplt.show()" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Some of the more advanced things that one can do with bar labels\n\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "fig, ax = plt.subplots()\n\nhbars = ax.barh(y_pos, performance, xerr=error, align='center')\nax.set_yticks(y_pos, labels=people)\nax.invert_yaxis() # labels read top-to-bottom\nax.set_xlabel('Performance')\nax.set_title('How fast do you want to go today?')\n\n# Label with given captions, custom padding and annotate options\nax.bar_label(hbars, labels=[f'\u00b1{e:.2f}' for e in error],\n padding=8, color='b', fontsize=14)\nax.set_xlim(right=16)\n\nplt.show()" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Bar labels using {}-style format string\n\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "fruit_names = ['Coffee', 'Salted Caramel', 'Pistachio']\nfruit_counts = [4000, 2000, 7000]\n\nfig, ax = plt.subplots()\nbar_container = ax.bar(fruit_names, fruit_counts)\nax.set(ylabel='pints sold', title='Gelato sales by flavor', ylim=(0, 8000))\nax.bar_label(bar_container, fmt='{:,.0f}')" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "Bar labels using a callable\n\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "metadata": { "collapsed": false }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "animal_names = ['Lion', 'Gazelle', 'Cheetah']\nmph_speed = [50, 60, 75]\n\nfig, ax = plt.subplots()\nbar_container = ax.bar(animal_names, mph_speed)\nax.set(ylabel='speed in MPH', title='Running speeds', ylim=(0, 80))\nax.bar_label(bar_container, fmt=lambda x: f'{x * 1.61:.1f} km/h')" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ ".. admonition:: References\n\n The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown\n in this example:\n\n - `matplotlib.axes.Axes.bar` / `matplotlib.pyplot.bar`\n - `matplotlib.axes.Axes.barh` / `matplotlib.pyplot.barh`\n - `matplotlib.axes.Axes.bar_label` / `matplotlib.pyplot.bar_label`\n\n.. tags::\n\n component: label\n plot-type: bar\n level: beginner\n\n" ] } ], "metadata": { "kernelspec": { "display_name": "Python 3", "language": "python", "name": "python3" }, "language_info": { "codemirror_mode": { "name": "ipython", "version": 3 }, "file_extension": ".py", "mimetype": "text/x-python", "name": "python", "nbconvert_exporter": "python", "pygments_lexer": "ipython3", "version": "3.13.2" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 0 }