.. _units-bar_unit_demo: units example code: bar_unit_demo.py ==================================== .. plot:: /home/tcaswell/other_source/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/units/bar_unit_demo.py :: #!/usr/bin/env python import numpy as np from basic_units import cm, inch import matplotlib.pyplot as plt N = 5 menMeans = (150*cm, 160*cm, 146*cm, 172*cm, 155*cm) menStd = ( 20*cm, 30*cm, 32*cm, 10*cm, 20*cm) fig, ax = plt.subplots() ind = np.arange(N) # the x locations for the groups width = 0.35 # the width of the bars p1 = ax.bar(ind, menMeans, width, color='r', bottom=0*cm, yerr=menStd) womenMeans = (145*cm, 149*cm, 172*cm, 165*cm, 200*cm) womenStd = (30*cm, 25*cm, 20*cm, 31*cm, 22*cm) p2 = ax.bar(ind+width, womenMeans, width, color='y', bottom=0*cm, yerr=womenStd) ax.set_title('Scores by group and gender') ax.set_xticks(ind+width) ax.set_xticklabels( ('G1', 'G2', 'G3', 'G4', 'G5') ) ax.legend( (p1[0], p2[0]), ('Men', 'Women') ) ax.yaxis.set_units(inch) ax.autoscale_view() #plt.savefig('barchart_demo') plt.show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)