.. _lines_bars_and_markers-barh_demo:

lines_bars_and_markers example code: barh_demo.py
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.. plot:: /build/matplotlib-2.0.0+dfsg1/doc/mpl_examples/lines_bars_and_markers/barh_demo.py

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    """
    Simple demo of a horizontal bar chart.
    """
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    plt.rcdefaults()
    import numpy as np
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    
    
    plt.rcdefaults()
    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
    
    # Example data
    people = ('Tom', 'Dick', 'Harry', 'Slim', 'Jim')
    y_pos = np.arange(len(people))
    performance = 3 + 10 * np.random.rand(len(people))
    error = np.random.rand(len(people))
    
    ax.barh(y_pos, performance, xerr=error, align='center',
            color='green', ecolor='black')
    ax.set_yticks(y_pos)
    ax.set_yticklabels(people)
    ax.invert_yaxis()  # labels read top-to-bottom
    ax.set_xlabel('Performance')
    ax.set_title('How fast do you want to go today?')
    
    plt.show()
    

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