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"""
Demo of the new violinplot functionality
"""
import random
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
# fake data
fs = 10 # fontsize
pos = [1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8]
data = [np.random.normal(size=100) for i in pos]
fig, axes = plt.subplots(nrows=2, ncols=3, figsize=(6, 6))
axes[0, 0].violinplot(data, pos, points=20, widths=0.1,
showmeans=True, showextrema=True, showmedians=True)
axes[0, 0].set_title('Custom violinplot 1', fontsize=fs)
axes[0, 1].violinplot(data, pos, points=40, widths=0.3,
showmeans=True, showextrema=True, showmedians=True,
bw_method='silverman')
axes[0, 1].set_title('Custom violinplot 2', fontsize=fs)
axes[0, 2].violinplot(data, pos, points=60, widths=0.5, showmeans=True,
showextrema=True, showmedians=True, bw_method=0.5)
axes[0, 2].set_title('Custom violinplot 3', fontsize=fs)
axes[1, 0].violinplot(data, pos, points=80, vert=False, widths=0.7,
showmeans=True, showextrema=True, showmedians=True)
axes[1, 0].set_title('Custom violinplot 4', fontsize=fs)
axes[1, 1].violinplot(data, pos, points=100, vert=False, widths=0.9,
showmeans=True, showextrema=True, showmedians=True,
bw_method='silverman')
axes[1, 1].set_title('Custom violinplot 5', fontsize=fs)
axes[1, 2].violinplot(data, pos, points=200, vert=False, widths=1.1,
showmeans=True, showextrema=True, showmedians=True,
bw_method=0.5)
axes[1, 2].set_title('Custom violinplot 6', fontsize=fs)
for ax in axes.flatten():
ax.set_yticklabels([])
fig.suptitle("Violin Plotting Examples")
fig.subplots_adjust(hspace=0.4)
plt.show()
Keywords: python, matplotlib, pylab, example, codex (see Search examples)