How to plot two lists in descending order based on y values?

Question

I have two lists. The first is a list of strings a

[\'Agriculture/Forestry/Fisheries/Veterinary Medicine\',
 \'Architectural and Town Planning\',
 \         


        

Answer 1

A simple data rearrangement approach:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

a = [
    'Agriculture/Forestry/Fisheries/Veterinary Medicine',
    'Architectural and Town Planning',
    'Business Administration and Related'
]

b = [66667.0, 22283.0, 670091.5]

b, a = zip(*sorted(zip(b, a), reverse=True))  # reverse sort data on 'b'

c = range(len(b))

fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.add_subplot(111)
ax.bar(c, b)
plt.xticks(c, a, rotation=90)
plt.show()