scale bar matplotlib code example

Example 1: bar plot matplotlib

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
fig = plt.figure()
ax = fig.add_axes([0,0,1,1])
langs = ['C', 'C++', 'Java', 'Python', 'PHP']
students = [23,17,35,29,12]
ax.bar(langs,students)
plt.show()

Example 2: how to increase bar width in python matplogtlib

#plt stands for matplotlib.pyplot
#simple way to increase width of a bar in a bar graph
#I will eventually write out another solution for increasing width bars.
#This solution with solve a more complexed problem for increasing width bars in a bar graph.


plt.bar(x, y, width=30)