Bar and Column Charts

In bar charts values are plotted as either horizontal bars or vertical columns.

Vertical, Horizontal and Stacked Bar Charts

Note

The following settings affect the different chart types.

Switch between vertical and horizontal bar charts by setting type to col or bar respectively.

When using stacked charts the overlap needs to be set to 100.

If bars are horizontal, x and y axes are reversed.

"Sample bar charts"

bar.py

This will produce four charts illustrating the various possibilities.

3D Bar Charts

You can also create 3D bar charts

bar3d.py

This produces a simple 3D bar chart

"Sample 3D bar chart"