.. only:: html .. note:: :class: sphx-glr-download-link-note Click :ref:`here ` to download the full example code .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-example-title .. _sphx_glr_gallery_lines_bars_and_markers_barh.py: ==================== Horizontal bar chart ==================== This example showcases a simple horizontal bar chart. .. image:: /gallery/lines_bars_and_markers/images/sphx_glr_barh_001.png :alt: How fast do you want to go today? :class: sphx-glr-single-img .. code-block:: default import matplotlib.pyplot as plt import numpy as np # Fixing random state for reproducibility np.random.seed(19680801) plt.rcdefaults() fig, ax = plt.subplots() # Example data people = ('Tom', 'Dick', 'Harry', 'Slim', 'Jim') y_pos = np.arange(len(people)) performance = 3 + 10 * np.random.rand(len(people)) error = np.random.rand(len(people)) ax.barh(y_pos, performance, xerr=error, align='center') ax.set_yticks(y_pos) ax.set_yticklabels(people) ax.invert_yaxis() # labels read top-to-bottom ax.set_xlabel('Performance') ax.set_title('How fast do you want to go today?') plt.show() .. _sphx_glr_download_gallery_lines_bars_and_markers_barh.py: .. only :: html .. container:: sphx-glr-footer :class: sphx-glr-footer-example .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-python :download:`Download Python source code: barh.py ` .. container:: sphx-glr-download sphx-glr-download-jupyter :download:`Download Jupyter notebook: barh.ipynb ` .. only:: html .. rst-class:: sphx-glr-signature Keywords: matplotlib code example, codex, python plot, pyplot `Gallery generated by Sphinx-Gallery `_