On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Amit <rorokim...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Has any of you had any luck with creating stacked histograms using > matplotlib? It seems to work but I have no idea how to label (or add the > legend) or choose the colors of the stacks. Below is a sample code for > creating a stacked histogram. Can anyone help please? Unlike the "bar()" > function, hist() doesn't seem to have the color/colors parameter. > > #!/usr/bin/python > > import sys > import matplotlib.pyplot as pyplot > import numpy as numpy > > page_numbers_one = (100,100,500,600,800) > page_numbers_two = (100,100,500,600,800,100,100,100,100,100) > page_numbers_three = (900,100,500,600,800,500) > > pyplot.hist((page_numbers_one,page_numbers_two,page_numbers_three),histtype='barstacked',bins=5) > > pyplot.show() >
Have you seen this example: http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/pylab_examples/bar_stacked.html To create the legend, it is best to create proxy objects, eg Rectangles, with the right colors and manually add them to the legend. See http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/users/plotting/legend.html#using-proxy-artist JDH ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ OpenSolaris 2009.06 is a cutting edge operating system for enterprises looking to deploy the next generation of Solaris that includes the latest innovations from Sun and the OpenSource community. Download a copy and enjoy capabilities such as Networking, Storage and Virtualization. Go to: http://p.sf.net/sfu/opensolaris-get _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
