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# pandas.DataFrame.plot.area

DataFrame.plot.area(x=None, y=None, stacked=True, **kwargs)

  Draw a stacked area plot.

  An area plot displays quantitative data visually. This function wraps the matplotlib area function.

  Parameters:
    xlabel or position, optional

      Coordinates for the X axis. By default uses the index.

    ylabel or position, optional

      Column to plot. By default uses all columns.

    stackedbool, default True

      Area plots are stacked by default. Set to False to create a unstacked plot.

    **kwargs

      Additional keyword arguments are documented in `DataFrame.plot()`.

  Returns:
    matplotlib.axes.Axes or numpy.ndarray

      Area plot, or array of area plots if subplots is True.

  See also

  `DataFrame.plot`

    Make plots of DataFrame using matplotlib / pylab.

  Examples

  Draw an area plot based on basic business metrics:

      >>> df = pd.DataFrame({
      ...     'sales': [3, 2, 3, 9, 10, 6],
      ...     'signups': [5, 5, 6, 12, 14, 13],
      ...     'visits': [20, 42, 28, 62, 81, 50],
      ... }, index=pd.date_range(start='2018/01/01', end='2018/07/01',
      ...                        freq='ME'))
      >>> ax = df.plot.area()

  Area plots are stacked by default. To produce an unstacked plot, pass `stacked=False`:

      >>> ax = df.plot.area(stacked=False)

  Draw an area plot for a single column:

      >>> ax = df.plot.area(y='sales')

  Draw with a different x:

      >>> df = pd.DataFrame({
      ...     'sales': [3, 2, 3],
      ...     'visits': [20, 42, 28],
      ...     'day': [1, 2, 3],
      ... })
      >>> ax = df.plot.area(x='day')