Pandas DataFrame: plot.barh() function

Last update on August 19 2022 21:50:33 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

DataFrame.plot.barh() function

The plot.barh() function is used to make a horizontal bar plot.

A horizontal bar plot is a plot that presents quantitative data with rectangular bars with lengths proportional to the values that they represent. A bar plot shows comparisons among discrete categories. One axis of the plot shows the specific categories being compared, and the other axis represents a measured value.

Syntax:

DataFrame.plot.barh(self, x=None, y=None, **kwargs)

Parameters:

Name	Description	Type/Default Value	Required / Optional
x	Column to be used for categories.	label or position Default Value: DataFrame.index	Required
y	Columns to be plotted from the DataFrame.	label or position Default Value: All numeric columns in dataframe	Required
**kwds	Keyword arguments to pass on to DataFrame.plot().		Required

Returns: matplotlib.axes.Axes or numpy.ndarray of them

Example:

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