bar

Draw vertical bars.

Matplotlib: Axes.bar. Coordinates are forwarded as bar(x, height, ...).

Axes: rectangular (ax).

Coordinates

Key	Required	Meaning
x	yes	Bar x positions
height	yes	Bar heights
width	no	Bar widths (coordinate or style.width)
bottom	no	Baseline of each bar

Style

Key	Type	Purpose
width	float	Bar width (if not given as a coordinate)
color / facecolor	color	Fill color
edgecolor	color	Edge color
linewidth	float	Edge width
align	string	"center" or "edge"
alpha	0–1	Opacity
label	string	Legend label

Any other Axes.bar keyword is also accepted.

Example

- name: counts
  data:
    - source: binned
  axes: ax
  method: bar
  coordinates:
    x: {expr: bin_center}
    height: {expr: count}
  style:
    width: 0.8
    color: steelblue
    edgecolor: black

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See also: Plot Methods index · barh · hist