bar labeling in matplotlib
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
%matplotlib inline
plt.style.use('ggplot')
x = ['Nuclear', 'Hydro', 'Gas', 'Oil', 'Coal', 'Biofuel']
energy = [5, 6, 15, 22, 24, 8]
x_pos = [i for i, _ in enumerate(x)]
plt.bar(x_pos, energy, color='green')
plt.xlabel("Energy Source")
plt.ylabel("Energy Output (GJ)")
plt.title("Energy output from various fuel sources")
plt.xticks(x_pos, x)
plt.show()adding labels to histogram bars in matplotlib
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
# Bring some raw data.
frequencies = [6, -16, 75, 160, 244, 260, 145, 73, 16, 4, 1]
# In my original code I create a series and run on that,
# so for consistency I create a series from the list.
freq_series = pd.Series.from_array(frequencies)
x_labels = [108300.0, 110540.0, 112780.0, 115020.0, 117260.0, 119500.0,
121740.0, 123980.0, 126220.0, 128460.0, 130700.0]
# Plot the figure.
plt.figure(figsize=(12, 8))
ax = freq_series.plot(kind='bar')
ax.set_title('Amount Frequency')
ax.set_xlabel('Amount ($)')
ax.set_ylabel('Frequency')
ax.set_xticklabels(x_labels)
def add_value_labels(ax, spacing=5):
"""Add labels to the end of each bar in a bar chart.
Arguments:
ax (matplotlib.axes.Axes): The matplotlib object containing the axes
of the plot to annotate.
spacing (int): The distance between the labels and the bars.
"""
# For each bar: Place a label
for rect in ax.patches:
# Get X and Y placement of label from rect.
y_value = rect.get_height()
x_value = rect.get_x() + rect.get_width() / 2
# Number of points between bar and label. Change to your liking.
space = spacing
# Vertical alignment for positive values
va = 'bottom'
# If value of bar is negative: Place label below bar
if y_value < 0:
# Invert space to place label below
space *= -1
# Vertically align label at top
va = 'top'
# Use Y value as label and format number with one decimal place
label = "{:.1f}".format(y_value)
# Create annotation
ax.annotate(
label, # Use `label` as label
(x_value, y_value), # Place label at end of the bar
xytext=(0, space), # Vertically shift label by `space`
textcoords="offset points", # Interpret `xytext` as offset in points
ha='center', # Horizontally center label
va=va) # Vertically align label differently for
# positive and negative values.
# Call the function above. All the magic happens there.
add_value_labels(ax)
plt.savefig("image.png")Copyright © 2021 Codeinu
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