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Example boxplot code
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
# Fixing random state for reproducibility
np.random.seed(19680801)
# fake up some data
spread = np.random.rand(50) * 100
center = np.ones(25) * 50
flier_high = np.random.rand(10) * 100 + 100
flier_low = np.random.rand(10) * -100
data = np.concatenate((spread, center, flier_high, flier_low))
Out:
{'whiskers': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d4f7970>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188c0dfa00>], 'caps': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188c0df250>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188c0dfa60>], 'boxes': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d4f7af0>], 'medians': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188c0df400>], 'fliers': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d4f7370>], 'means': []}
Out:
{'whiskers': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d57a280>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d57a610>], 'caps': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d57a940>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d57ac70>], 'boxes': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d57a2b0>], 'medians': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d5a5310>], 'fliers': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d57a220>], 'means': []}
green_diamond = dict(markerfacecolor='g', marker='D')
fig3, ax3 = plt.subplots()
ax3.set_title('Changed Outlier Symbols')
ax3.boxplot(data, flierprops=green_diamond)
Out:
{'whiskers': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d479400>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d479760>], 'caps': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d479a90>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d49f130>], 'boxes': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d4793d0>], 'medians': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d479dc0>], 'fliers': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d479370>], 'means': []}
Out:
{'whiskers': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d5d5130>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d5d5490>], 'caps': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d5d57c0>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d5d5af0>], 'boxes': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d5d5100>], 'medians': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d5b8190>], 'fliers': [], 'means': []}
red_square = dict(markerfacecolor='r', marker='s')
fig5, ax5 = plt.subplots()
ax5.set_title('Horizontal Boxes')
ax5.boxplot(data, vert=False, flierprops=red_square)
Out:
{'whiskers': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d5541c0>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d5544f0>], 'caps': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d554820>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d554b50>], 'boxes': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d546df0>], 'medians': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d546e20>], 'fliers': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d546d90>], 'means': []}
fig6, ax6 = plt.subplots()
ax6.set_title('Shorter Whisker Length')
ax6.boxplot(data, flierprops=red_square, vert=False, whis=0.75)
Out:
{'whiskers': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d46fc40>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d611310>], 'caps': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d611640>, <matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d611970>], 'boxes': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d46fc10>], 'medians': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d46ffa0>], 'fliers': [<matplotlib.lines.Line2D object at 0x7f188d46fbb0>], 'means': []}
Fake up some more data
spread = np.random.rand(50) * 100
center = np.ones(25) * 40
flier_high = np.random.rand(10) * 100 + 100
flier_low = np.random.rand(10) * -100
d2 = np.concatenate((spread, center, flier_high, flier_low))
data.shape = (-1, 1)
d2.shape = (-1, 1)
Making a 2-D array only works if all the columns are the same length. If they are not, then use a list instead. This is actually more efficient because boxplot converts a 2-D array into a list of vectors internally anyway.
The use of the following functions, methods, classes and modules is shown in this example:
import matplotlib
matplotlib.axes.Axes.boxplot
matplotlib.pyplot.boxplot
Out:
<function boxplot at 0x7f18a5a69af0>
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