.. _pylab_examples-broken_barh: pylab_examples example code: broken_barh.py =========================================== .. plot:: /home/tcaswell/other_source/matplotlib/doc/mpl_examples/pylab_examples/broken_barh.py :: """ Make a "broken" horizontal bar plot, ie one with gaps """ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt fig, ax = plt.subplots() ax.broken_barh([ (110, 30), (150, 10) ] , (10, 9), facecolors='blue') ax.broken_barh([ (10, 50), (100, 20), (130, 10)] , (20, 9), facecolors=('red', 'yellow', 'green')) ax.set_ylim(5,35) ax.set_xlim(0,200) ax.set_xlabel('seconds since start') ax.set_yticks([15,25]) ax.set_yticklabels(['Bill', 'Jim']) ax.grid(True) ax.annotate('race interrupted', (61, 25), xytext=(0.8, 0.9), textcoords='axes fraction', arrowprops=dict(facecolor='black', shrink=0.05), fontsize=16, horizontalalignment='right', verticalalignment='top') plt.show() Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see :ref:`how-to-search-examples`)