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use ax.set_xticks(ind+width*.5) instead of ax.set_xticks(ind+width) -JJ On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Timmie <timmichel...@gmx-topmail.de> wrote: > Hello, > I tried to modify the bar chart demo for my case. > I want to plot only bar charts for one data set. > > But the xticklables are not centered below the bars, rather are they left in > place as if there were still two data sets. > > How do I modify set_xticklabels in oder to get the lables centered below the > bar > one data set? > > Thanks in advance, > Timmie > > > #### modified bar charts demo > > > #!/usr/bin/env python > # a bar plot with errorbars > import numpy as np > import matplotlib.pyplot as plt > > N = 5 > menMeans = (20, 35, 30, 35, 27) > menStd = (2, 3, 4, 1, 2) > > ind = np.arange(N) # the x locations for the groups > width = 0.35 # the width of the bars > > fig = plt.figure() > ax = fig.add_subplot(111) > rects1 = ax.bar(ind, menMeans, width, color='r', yerr=menStd) > > womenMeans = (25, 32, 34, 20, 25) > womenStd = (3, 5, 2, 3, 3) > #~ rects2 = ax.bar(ind+width, womenMeans, width, color='y', yerr=womenStd) > > # add some > ax.set_ylabel('Scores') > ax.set_title('Scores by group and gender') > ax.set_xticks(ind+width) > ax.set_xticklabels( ('G1', 'G2', 'G3', 'G4', 'G5'), multialignment='left', > position=(-2,0) ) > > #~ ax.legend( (rects1[0], rects2[0]), ('Men', 'Women') ) > > def autolabel(rects): > # attach some text labels > for rect in rects: > #~ print rect > height = rect.get_height() > print height > ax.text(rect.get_x()+rect.get_width()/2., 1.05*height, > '%d'%int(height), > ha='center', va='bottom') > > > autolabel(rects1) > #~ autolabel(rects2) > > plt.show() > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-users mailing list > Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users