How to plot a very simple bar chart (Python, Matplotlib) using input *.txt file?

Question

I use Python 2.7 and matplotlib. I have a *.txt data file :

0 14-11-2003
1 15-03-1999
12 04-12-2012
33 09-05-2007
44 16-08-1998
55 25-07-2001
76 31-12-2011
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Answer 1

This code will do what you're looking for. It's based on examples found here and here.

The autofmt_xdate() call is particularly useful for making the x-axis labels readable.

import numpy as np
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt

fig = plt.figure()

width = .35
ind = np.arange(len(OY))
plt.bar(ind, OY, width=width)
plt.xticks(ind + width / 2, OX)

fig.autofmt_xdate()

plt.savefig("figure.pdf")