FAQ: Recreate graphs using Matplotlib! - Side By Side Bars

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This community-built FAQ covers the “Side By Side Bars” exercise from the lesson “Recreate graphs using Matplotlib!”.

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Data Science

Data Visualization in Python

FAQs on the exercise Side By Side Bars

• Can we have more than two side by side bars for the bar chart?

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[mcrabb128]

When going through the first instruction I was confused as of what what to do. It instructs me to make two variable lists that have already been created previously. So instead of using the function given I just pressed next and it worked fine. Is there a reason to follow the first instruction other than to get used to the bar format or is it a mistake to have the list variables there in the first place?

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[gulzhanmusaeva211685]

It seems to be a mistake because the two lists under create_x disappeared when I reset the exercise.

[twan4188]

In case someone is wondering as by following the instructions you end up with a different graph, the axes are something like this:

plt.axis([0, 10, 70, 90])

10 because the final bar is centered on 9.6, and the bars are 0.8 in width; the value at [-1] index of x_values for the last bar in your graph, + half the width of your bars.

-Twan