Plot string values in matplotlib

Question

I am using matplotlib for a graphing application. I am trying to create a graph which has strings as the X values. However, the using plot function expects a nu

Answer 1

From matplotlib 2.1 on you can use strings in plotting functions.

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
x = ["Apple", "Banana", "Cherry"]
y = [5,2,3]

plt.plot(x, y)

plt.show()

Note that in order to preserve the order of the input strings on the plot you need to use matplotlib >=2.2.