#!/usr/bin/env python
# coding: utf-8
# [Sebastian Raschka](http://www.sebastianraschka.com)
#
# [back](https://github.com/rasbt/matplotlib-gallery) to the `matplotlib-gallery` at [https://github.com/rasbt/matplotlib-gallery](https://github.com/rasbt/matplotlib-gallery)
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get_ipython().run_line_magic('load_ext', 'watermark')
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get_ipython().run_line_magic('watermark', '-u -v -d -p matplotlib,numpy')
# [More info](http://nbviewer.ipython.org/github/rasbt/python_reference/blob/master/ipython_magic/watermark.ipynb) about the `%watermark` extension
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get_ipython().run_line_magic('matplotlib', 'inline')
#
#
# # Boxplots in matplotlib
# # Sections
# - [Simple Boxplot](#Simple-Boxplot)
#
# - [Black and white Boxplot](#Black-and-white-Boxplot)
#
# - [Horizontal Boxplot](#Horizontal-Boxplot)
#
# - [Filled and cylindrical boxplots](#Filled-and-cylindrical-boxplots)
#
# - [Boxplots with custom fill colors](#Boxplots-with-custom-fill-colors)
#
# - [Violin plots](#Violin-plots)
#
#
#
#
# ![](../images/intro_boxplot.png)
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#
# # Simple Boxplot
# [[back to top](#Sections)]
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import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
all_data = [np.random.normal(0, std, 100) for std in range(1, 4)]
fig = plt.figure(figsize=(8,6))
plt.boxplot(all_data,
notch=False, # box instead of notch shape
sym='rs', # red squares for outliers
vert=True) # vertical box aligmnent
plt.xticks([y+1 for y in range(len(all_data))], ['x1', 'x2', 'x3'])
plt.xlabel('measurement x')
t = plt.title('Box plot')
plt.show()
#
#
# # Black and white Boxplot
# [[back to top](#Sections)]
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import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
all_data = [np.random.normal(0, std, 100) for std in range(1, 4)]
fig = plt.figure(figsize=(8,6))
bplot = plt.boxplot(all_data,
notch=False, # box instead of notch shape
sym='rs', # red squares for outliers
vert=True) # vertical box aligmnent
plt.xticks([y+1 for y in range(len(all_data))], ['x1', 'x2', 'x3'])
plt.xlabel('measurement x')
for components in bplot.keys():
for line in bplot[components]:
line.set_color('black') # black lines
t = plt.title('Black and white box plot')
plt.show()
#
#
# # Horizontal Boxplot
# [[back to top](#Sections)]
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import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
all_data = [np.random.normal(0, std, 100) for std in range(1, 4)]
fig = plt.figure(figsize=(8,6))
plt.boxplot(all_data,
notch=False, # box instead of notch shape
sym='rs', # red squares for outliers
vert=False) # horizontal box aligmnent
plt.yticks([y+1 for y in range(len(all_data))], ['x1', 'x2', 'x3'])
plt.ylabel('measurement x')
t = plt.title('Horizontal Box plot')
plt.show()
#
#
# # Filled and cylindrical boxplots
# [[back to top](#Sections)]
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import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
all_data = [np.random.normal(0, std, 100) for std in range(1, 4)]
fig = plt.figure(figsize=(8,6))
plt.boxplot(all_data,
notch=True, # notch shape
sym='bs', # blue squares for outliers
vert=True, # vertical box aligmnent
patch_artist=True) # fill with color
plt.xticks([y+1 for y in range(len(all_data))], ['x1', 'x2', 'x3'])
plt.xlabel('measurement x')
t = plt.title('Box plot')
plt.show()
#
#
# # Boxplots with custom fill colors
# [[back to top](#Sections)]
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import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
all_data = [np.random.normal(0, std, 100) for std in range(1, 4)]
fig = plt.figure(figsize=(8,6))
bplot = plt.boxplot(all_data,
notch=False, # notch shape
vert=True, # vertical box aligmnent
patch_artist=True) # fill with color
colors = ['pink', 'lightblue', 'lightgreen']
for patch, color in zip(bplot['boxes'], colors):
patch.set_facecolor(color)
plt.xticks([y+1 for y in range(len(all_data))], ['x1', 'x2', 'x3'])
plt.xlabel('measurement x')
t = plt.title('Box plot')
plt.show()
#
#
# # Violin plots
# [[back to top](#Sections)]
# Violin plots are closely related to Tukey's (1977) box plots but add useful information such as the distribution of the sample data (density trace).
#
# Violin plots were added in [matplotlib 1.4](http://matplotlib.org/1.4.0/users/whats_new.html).
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import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
fig, axes = plt.subplots(nrows=1,ncols=2, figsize=(12,5))
all_data = [np.random.normal(0, std, 100) for std in range(6, 10)]
#fig = plt.figure(figsize=(8,6))
axes[0].violinplot(all_data,
showmeans=False,
showmedians=True
)
axes[0].set_title('violin plot')
axes[1].boxplot(all_data,
)
axes[1].set_title('box plot')
# adding horizontal grid lines
for ax in axes:
ax.yaxis.grid(True)
ax.set_xticks([y+1 for y in range(len(all_data))], )
ax.set_xlabel('xlabel')
ax.set_ylabel('ylabel')
plt.setp(axes, xticks=[y+1 for y in range(len(all_data))],
xticklabels=['x1', 'x2', 'x3', 'x4'],
)
plt.show()
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