pandas.DataFrame.plot.barh¶
-
DataFrame.plot.
barh
(x=None, y=None, **kwds)[source]¶ Make a horizontal bar plot.
A horizontal bar plot is a plot that presents quantitative data with rectangular bars with lengths proportional to the values that they represent. A bar plot shows comparisons among discrete categories. One axis of the plot shows the specific categories being compared, and the other axis represents a measured value.
Parameters: x : label or position, default DataFrame.index
Column to be used for categories.
y : label or position, default All numeric columns in dataframe
Columns to be plotted from the DataFrame.
**kwds
Keyword arguments to pass on to
pandas.DataFrame.plot()
.Returns: - axes :
matplotlib.axes.Axes
or numpy.ndarray of them.
See also
pandas.DataFrame.plot.bar
- Vertical bar plot.
pandas.DataFrame.plot
- Make plots of DataFrame using matplotlib.
matplotlib.axes.Axes.bar
- Plot a vertical bar plot using matplotlib.
Examples
Basic example
>>> df = pd.DataFrame({'lab':['A', 'B', 'C'], 'val':[10, 30, 20]}) >>> ax = df.plot.barh(x='lab', y='val')
Plot a whole DataFrame to a horizontal bar plot
>>> speed = [0.1, 17.5, 40, 48, 52, 69, 88] >>> lifespan = [2, 8, 70, 1.5, 25, 12, 28] >>> index = ['snail', 'pig', 'elephant', ... 'rabbit', 'giraffe', 'coyote', 'horse'] >>> df = pd.DataFrame({'speed': speed, ... 'lifespan': lifespan}, index=index) >>> ax = df.plot.barh()
Plot a column of the DataFrame to a horizontal bar plot
>>> speed = [0.1, 17.5, 40, 48, 52, 69, 88] >>> lifespan = [2, 8, 70, 1.5, 25, 12, 28] >>> index = ['snail', 'pig', 'elephant', ... 'rabbit', 'giraffe', 'coyote', 'horse'] >>> df = pd.DataFrame({'speed': speed, ... 'lifespan': lifespan}, index=index) >>> ax = df.plot.barh(y='speed')
Plot DataFrame versus the desired column
>>> speed = [0.1, 17.5, 40, 48, 52, 69, 88] >>> lifespan = [2, 8, 70, 1.5, 25, 12, 28] >>> index = ['snail', 'pig', 'elephant', ... 'rabbit', 'giraffe', 'coyote', 'horse'] >>> df = pd.DataFrame({'speed': speed, ... 'lifespan': lifespan}, index=index) >>> ax = df.plot.barh(x='lifespan')
- axes :