[IPython-User] [SciPy-User] IPython inline plots of stacked bars graphs

[Chris Withers]

Asking on the correct list this time:

> On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Chris Withers <chris@simplistix.co.uk
>     If I do the following in an IPython 0.11 Qt shell:
>
>     import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
>     menMeans   = (20, 35, 30, 35, 27)
>     womenMeans = (25, 32, 34, 20, 25)
>     plt.bar(ind, menMeans, color='r')
>     plt.bar(ind, womenMeans, color='y', bottom=menMeans)
>
>     I get, as I'd expect, a stacked bar graph.
>
>     However, if I do:
>
>     plt.bar(ind, menMeans, color='r')
>
>     ...hit enter, and then do:
>
>     plt.bar(ind, womenMeans, color='y', bottom=menMeans)
>
>     ...I get two separate plots.
>
>     How can I add to an existing inline plot?
>
>     Also, and I guess this might be more of a matplotlib question, how do I
>     "reach inside" an existing plot to, for example, adjust the width of the
>     bars used?

On 20/08/2011 16:46, Charles R Harris wrote:
>
> I think it is more of an ipython question, possibly a matplotlib
> question ;) You might try the hold(True) command.

Sadly, that didn't work :-S

cheers,

Chris

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