How to plot bar graphs with same X coordinates side by side ('dodged')

Question

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

gridnumber = range(1,4)

b1 = plt.bar(gridnumber, [0.2, 0.3, 0.1], width=0.4,
                label=\"Bar 1\", align=\"center\")

b2         


        

Answer 1

Below answer will explain each and every line of code in the simplest manner possible:

# Numbers of pairs of bars you want
N = 3

# Data on X-axis

# Specify the values of blue bars (height)
blue_bar = (23, 25, 17)
# Specify the values of orange bars (height)
orange_bar = (19, 18, 14)

# Position of bars on x-axis
ind = np.arange(N)

# Figure size
plt.figure(figsize=(10,5))

# Width of a bar 
width = 0.3       

# Plotting
plt.bar(ind, blue_bar , width, label='Blue bar label')
plt.bar(ind + width, orange_bar, width, label='Orange bar label')

plt.xlabel('Here goes x-axis label')
plt.ylabel('Here goes y-axis label')
plt.title('Here goes title of the plot')

# xticks()
# First argument - A list of positions at which ticks should be placed
# Second argument -  A list of labels to place at the given locations
plt.xticks(ind + width / 2, ('Xtick1', 'Xtick3', 'Xtick3'))

# Finding the best position for legends and putting it
plt.legend(loc='best')
plt.show()