.. _pylab_examples-gradient_bar: pylab_examples example code: gradient_bar.py ============================================ .. plot:: /home/tcaswell/other_source/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/pylab_examples/gradient_bar.py :: from matplotlib.pyplot import figure, show, cm from numpy import arange from numpy.random import rand def gbar(ax, x, y, width=0.5, bottom=0): X = [[.6, .6],[.7,.7]] for left,top in zip(x, y): right = left+width ax.imshow(X, interpolation='bicubic', cmap=cm.Blues, extent=(left, right, bottom, top), alpha=1) fig = figure() xmin, xmax = xlim = 0,10 ymin, ymax = ylim = 0,1 ax = fig.add_subplot(111, xlim=xlim, ylim=ylim, autoscale_on=False) X = [[.6, .6],[.7,.7]] ax.imshow(X, interpolation='bicubic', cmap=cm.copper, extent=(xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax), alpha=1) N = 10 x = arange(N)+0.25 y = rand(N) gbar(ax, x, y, width=0.7) ax.set_aspect('auto') show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)