# View more python tutorials on my Youtube and Youku channel!!! # Youtube video tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdyjiB5H8Pu7aDTNVXTTpcg # Youku video tutorial: http://i.youku.com/pythontutorial # 11 - bar """ Please note, this script is for python3+. If you are using python2+, please modify it accordingly. Tutorial reference: http://www.scipy-lectures.org/intro/matplotlib/matplotlib.html """ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np n = 12 X = np.arange(n) Y1 = (1 - X / float(n)) * np.random.uniform(0.5, 1.0, n) Y2 = (1 - X / float(n)) * np.random.uniform(0.5, 1.0, n) plt.bar(X, +Y1, facecolor='#9999ff', edgecolor='white') plt.bar(X, -Y2, facecolor='#ff9999', edgecolor='white') for x, y in zip(X, Y1): # ha: horizontal alignment # va: vertical alignment plt.text(x + 0.4, y + 0.05, '%.2f' % y, ha='center', va='bottom') for x, y in zip(X, Y2): # ha: horizontal alignment # va: vertical alignment plt.text(x + 0.4, -y - 0.05, '%.2f' % y, ha='center', va='top') plt.xlim(-.5, n) plt.xticks(()) plt.ylim(-1.25, 1.25) plt.yticks(()) plt.show()